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ASA Activist Newsletter - July 2018

Paul Marini | July 10, 2018

In the July 2018 Issue: FDA Approves First Medicine Derived from Cannabis World Health Organization Takes First Steps to Reschedule Cannabis New Bipartisan Congressional Bill to Respect State Cannabis Laws Oklahoma Voters Pass Robust Medical Cannabis Initiative Activist Profile: Christy...

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Christy and Mark Zartler, ASA 2018 Courage Award

William Dolphin | July 02, 2018

For Christy Zartler, the breaking point came four years ago when her 14-year-old daughter’s neurologist announced that he’d exhausted all the pharmaceutical treatments available. For ten years, Christy and her husband Mark had been struggling to control Kara’s severe autism...

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Oklahoma Legalized Medical Marijuana, to the Likely Dismay of Scott Pruitt

Paul Marini | June 28, 2018

By Thomas Mitchell for Westword "Question 788 is a tremendous victory for patients and for access to medical cannabis. We hope we can replicate this success in Utah and Missouri this November when those states will vote on improving their...

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FDA Approves First Medicine Derived from Cannabis

Paul Marini | June 27, 2018

Washington, DC — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a drug that contains an active ingredient derived from the cannabis plant. The drug, Epidiolex, an oral solution containing cannabidiol (CBD), will be the first and only FDA-approved CBD...

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Cannabis: A Different Kind Of Treatment

Paul Marini | June 22, 2018

This blog post is crossposted from the Releaf App website. Thanks to the results from recently-permitted scientific studies and the untiring work of cannabis activist groups, more and more people are beginning to accept that cannabis is a successful form...

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Five Things All New Medical Cannabis Patients Should Know

Paul Marini | June 22, 2018

Although there are medical cannabis programs of some kind in 47 states, DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico, medical cannabis still remains a mystery to the vast majority of Americans today. Using medical cannabis is an approach that is supported by...

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Don’t Call it a Dispensary- Why Michigan Takes Marijuana Semantics Seriously

Paul Marini | June 18, 2018

By Lauren Williams for Marijuana.com “… It is critical that patients have clarity as to where they can obtain medicine,” said David Mangone, director of governmental affairs and counsel for the non-profit Americans for Safe Access. “It is too early...

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UN Drug Committee Declares Cannabis Is An Effective, ‘Relatively Safe Drug’

Paul Marini | June 15, 2018

By Steve Elliott for Herb “The current international policies on cannabis use are outdated and are having a detrimental impact on patients in the US and worldwide,” said Steph Sherer, executive director of Americans for Safe Access (ASA). “These policies...

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Jeff Sessions Is Really Going to Hate the World Health Organization’s First-Ever Marijuana Review

Paul Marini | June 08, 2018

By Jackie Flynn Mogensen for Mother Jones The World Health Organization met in Geneva, Switzerland, this week to review a first-of-its-kind report on the health and safety of cannabis, and President Donald Trump’s Justice Department will almost certainly not be thrilled with the report’s...

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Senators Warren and Gardner Release STATES Act to Respect State Cannabis Laws

Paul Marini | June 07, 2018

Washington, DC — U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) introduced the Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act (STATES Act) to respect state determinations about cannabis policy. The bill was also introduced in the House of...

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