Sign the petition to support AB 258 & save lives! Paul Marini | April 06, 2015 The California Assembly Health Committee will vote tomorrow on AB 258, ASA-sponsored legislation that will help to reduce needless suffering and preventable death by protecting medical cannabis patients from discrimination in the organ transplant process. Patients are routinely denied a place... Read more
Pretrial Motion Based on Congressional Spending Bill May Get Traction in State Medical Cannabis Case Paul Marini | April 02, 2015 San Diego, CA - Yesterday in court, absent their clients, attorneys Michael J. McCabe and Heather Bugan argued a motion to dismiss the charges in a medical cannabis case. The argument was based on a much-publicized federal spending bill that is... Read more
Hello from Washington, DC Paul Marini | March 30, 2015 Hello from Washington, DC. ASA’s National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference is underway! I am going to the US Capitol Building with almost 100 Californians tomorrow for our third annual Citizen Lobby Day to support the CARERS Act – an unprecedented bill that would finally... Read more
Why Georgia is Not Set to Become the 24th Medical Marijuana State Paul Marini | March 27, 2015 UPDATE (April 16, 2015): Governor Nathan Deal has signed HB1 into law, making Georgia the 13th CBD state. ORIGINAL POST: With the passage of HB1 in Georgia this week, the state will become the 36th state with some form of... Read more
Senator Boxer supports CARERS as ASA members head to DC! Paul Marini | March 23, 2015 California Senator Barbara Boxer is supporting the CARERS Act in Congress. It is great to see one of our state Senators standing up for our voter-approved medical cannabis laws! I will be with hundreds of other advocates in Washington, DC, this week... Read more
Washington's Medical Marijuana Mess - Part Two Paul Marini | March 22, 2015 In part one of our in depth two-part series, we provided a synopsis of Legislative action to date. Now, we delve a bit deeper with a point-by-point analysis of the latest version of 5052, passed via a striking amendment in... Read more
Washington State’s Medical Marijuana Mess – Part One Paul Marini | March 18, 2015 We’re just past the halfway mark of the 2015 Legislative session in Washington state. When it comes to medical cannabis, the spotlight has been mainly focused on Senate Bill 5052. The overarching goal of the legislation is to funnel the... Read more
Let's see some CA in DC Paul Marini | March 16, 2015 Are you one of the Californians getting ready for ASA’s National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference and Citizen Lobby Day in Washington, DC? I would like to see hundreds of patients, doctors, industry workers, and grassroots advocates at the conference and in the... Read more
GOP Senator Heller Becomes Fourth Sponsor of the CARERS Act Paul Marini | March 11, 2015 Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) became the fourth U.S. Senator to sign on as a sponsor of S. 683, the CARERS Act. The bill, which was introduced yesterday at a press conference that received national attention, now has equal bi-partisan support,... Read more
Become a Certified Cannabis Professional Paul Marini | March 11, 2015 Become a certified cannabis professional. This year at the National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference we will be hosting a 1 day Cannabis Core Certification class on Monday, March 30, 2015 from 9:00am - 5:00pm at the Loews Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Core... Read more