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Medical Marijuana Week - Day 2: Congress can Protect Patients and Safe Access with HR 1983

Paul Marini | February 13, 2012

On May 25, 2011, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced HR 1983, a bill that in many respects would end the federal government's assault on safe access for patients. Known as the States’ Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act, the legislation would...

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ASA Launches Medical Marijuana Week in Response to 3 Years of Obama's Broken Promises

Paul Marini | February 12, 2012

UPDATE: Click here for today's detailed action alert.When President Obama was elected in 2008, the medical marijuana community was optimistic that the worst days of federal harassment were finally in the past. After all, he had once said, "I would...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - FEBRUARY 2012

Paul Marini | February 01, 2012

Volume 7, Issue 2

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CA voters must take the lead in employment rights

Paul Marini | January 31, 2012

[caption id="attachment_2240" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="CA Senator Mark Leno"][/caption]A bill by California Senator Mark Leno (D-SF) that would have prevented employment discrimination against legal medical cannabis patients will not be adopted by the California legislature this year. Senator Leno decided not...

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A cancer cure in waiting

Paul Marini | January 30, 2012

When people ask why I’m certain the federal laws preventing medical use of cannabis must change, my answer is simple: cancer. Curing it is the holy grail of modern medicine, and cannabinoids hold the most promise.The latest study showing the...

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ASA Files Opening Brief in Rescheduling Case

Paul Marini | January 26, 2012

Today, ASA filed the opening brief in its effort to have marijuana rescheduled at the federal level.  The brief outlines some of the most egregious analytical errors made by the DEA, which led it to the the outlandish conclusion that that...

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Patient Advocates File Appeal Brief in Federal Case to Reclassify Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | January 26, 2012

Washington, DC -- The country's leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), filed an appeal brief today in the D.C. Circuit to compel the federal government to reclassify marijuana for medical use. In July 2011, the federal...

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President Obama Makes Case Against His Own Medical Marijuana Policy During SOTU Address

Paul Marini | January 25, 2012

Over the years, President Obama has said some encouraging things about medical marijuana, but his policy has never matched up. To many, Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address will likely be remembered as the moment when he framed his...

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CA Supreme Court Grants Review to Pack and Riverside, Local Lawmakers Should Take Note

Paul Marini | January 18, 2012

The California Supreme Court has made a move that should improve safe access by granting review for two controversial medical marijuana cases decided by lower appellate courts in 2011. As a result of this move, both Pack v. City of...

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California Supreme Court Grants Review of Controversial Medical Marijuana Cases

Paul Marini | January 18, 2012

Sacramento, CA -- The California Supreme Court issued an order today indicating its intent to review two controversial medical marijuana cases that have resulted in the suspension of several local dispensary ordinances across the state. As a result of today's...

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