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ASA Releases Comparative Analysis of DEA Marijuana Scheduling Decision

Paul Marini | September 01, 2016

Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) disseminated a report comparing the body of research the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) used as a basis for their decision to keep cannabis (marijuana) as a Schedule I substance, as defined by the Controlled...

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Dixie Pace Family, South Carolina

William Dolphin | September 01, 2016

Dixie Pace’s seizures started at age seven. At first, it was one every other week or so. After a year, they were weekly. A decade later, she was experiencing 50-100 a day. By then, she was taking or had tried...

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After the DEA decision and federal court ruling, it's time for Congress to pass the CARERS Act

Paul Marini | August 21, 2016

ASA Executive Director Steph Sherer published a blog in the Huffington Post on Friday responding the the Drug Enforcements Administration's decision not to reschedule cannabis and to a landmark federal court ruling that upholds ASA's position that the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment prohibits the...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - August 2016

Paul Marini | August 20, 2016

In the August 2016 Issue: Appeals Court Says DOJ Can’t Prosecute State-Legal Individuals DEA Again Denies Medical Value of Cannabis ASA Report Shows Cannabis Can Address Opioid Crisis Senate CBD Bill Introduced Patient Groups Urge Congress to Act on Medical...

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Victory - Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment Continues to Help Medical Cannabis Defendants in Federal Court

Paul Marini | August 16, 2016

An opinion today issued in the federal 9th Circuit by a three-judge panel has found that federal prosecutions of medical cannabis defendants may not proceed unless there is a violation of state law. In the opinion of U.S. vs. McIntosh,...

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Your Weekly Source for Medical Cannabis News and Information

Paul Marini | August 15, 2016

  Get all the news, events, action alerts, & more... News  Events  Take Action Now   Court Support  ASA Website Spotlight   Chapter & Affiliate Meetings 

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ASA defeated state and local medical cannabis tax measures this year

Paul Marini | August 13, 2016

The Senate Appropriations Committee held AB 2243 in its suspense file this week, blocking the bill from being approved this year. The bill by Assembly Member Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa) would have imposed a new tax of up to $9.25...

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Congress Must Act to Reclassify Cannabis Under Federal Law

Paul Marini | August 11, 2016

Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released its decision to keep cannabis in its current Schedule 1 status. This decision will have substantial implications for the two million patients that currently have access to medical cannabis and cannabis products under state laws. Schedule I...

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DEA Denies Cannabis Has Medical Value, Again

Paul Marini | August 11, 2016

Washington D.C. - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released its decision to keep cannabis in its current Schedule 1 status. This decision will have substantial implications for the two million patients that currently have access to medical cannabis and...

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You Can Help Pass National Cannabis Legislation

Paul Marini | August 09, 2016

There is increasing evidence that cannabis is medicinally useful in treating chronic pain which, unlike opioids, has no documented cases of overdose.  However, doctors continue to prescribe them for pain, and the abuse of and deaths from opioids have reached epidemic...

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