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Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group Urges HHS Nominee Michael Leavitt Act on Marijuana Petitions with Fairness, Accuracy, and Speed

Paul Marini | December 13, 2004

BERKELEY -- The following is a statement on the nomination of Michael Leavitt as New Health and Human Services Secretary by Steph Sherer, executive director, Americans for Safe Access: "We urge the next secretary of HHS to bring the weight...

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Patient Sues Emeryville for Losing His Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | December 09, 2004

EMERYVILLE – James Blair, a spinal injury patient arrested on marijuana cultivation charges a year ago, marked the anniversary of the incident today by suing the City of Emeryville and the Emeryville Police Department. Assisted by the patient advocacy group,...

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HHS Stalls on Medical Marijuana Decision

Paul Marini | December 08, 2004

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has met the deadline for response to a medical marijuana advocacy organization’s petition calling for corrections to "scientifically flawed statements" contained in the HHS review of the Marijuana Rescheduling petition of 1995...

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Medical Marijuana Activists Looking Beyond Supreme Court

Paul Marini | November 26, 2004

Washington, D.C. –  In the most-watched case before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, two California women will argue Monday that the federal government does not have the right to punish them for using the medical marijuana their doctors recommend...

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Medical Marijuana Protest Today at Health and Human Services

Paul Marini | October 05, 2004

(Washington, D.C.)  – Patients and doctors are converging today at 10:15am on the steps of Health and Human Services, demanding the government admit that marijuana has medical uses and stop blocking access.

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Government Must Correct Medical Marijuana Misinformation, Petition Says

Paul Marini | September 29, 2004

Press Conference Noon Monday with Doctors and Patients at the National Press Club

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Protests Wednesday Noon in SF, Sacto over DEA Raids

Paul Marini | September 04, 2004

ROSEVILLE – Federal agents descended on the foothill town of Roseville yesterday to raid one of the Sacramento area’s only licensed medical marijuana dispensaries. Local advocates are calling for noon protests Wednesday at the federal buildings in Sacramento and San...

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Colorado law conceals medical marijuana users

Paul Marini | August 23, 2004

Scott Schwebke, Montrose Daily Press MONTROSE - A Montrose County Sheriff's Office detective says he favors changing a state law that prohibits police from knowing ahead of time who is entitled to grow medical marijuana.

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Bryan Epis is FREE!

Paul Marini | August 09, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO (Monday, August 9, 2004) – Bryan James Epis, 37, the first medical marijuana patient convicted in federal court after the passage of California’s Proposition 215, walked out of federal prison in Long Beach at approximately 4:00pm today, thanks...

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How Drug War Targets Most Vulnerable, Topic of Boston Meetings

Paul Marini | July 23, 2004

BOSTON – How America’s Drug War has become an attack on our country’s most disadvantaged is the topic of two talks to be delivered by the Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access. Steph Sherer, a medical marijuana patient, noted...

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