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California Gov. Brown Vetoes SB 847!

Paul Marini | September 21, 2011

[caption id="attachment_1903" align="alignnone" width="283" caption="CA Gov. Jerry Brown"][/caption]I am happy to report that California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed SB 847, a bill by Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) that would have required medical cannabis cooperatives and collectives be located...

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RAND Corporation says dispensaries don't cause crime

Paul Marini | September 20, 2011

UPDATE October 11 - The RAND Corporation bowed to politcal pressure for the LA City Attorney's Office and removed this study "until the review is complete." Ironically, the RAND Corporation's wen site says that "RAND is widely respected for operating...

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Long-banned Alar (Daminozide) Shows Up on Hydroponic Store Shelves Before Being Removed Again

Paul Marini | September 20, 2011

    In 1988, DEA Administrative Law Judge Francis Young ruled that, “Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man.” And, although the DEA ignored Judge Young’s recommendation to reclassify the plant from its...

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RAND Study Finds No Link Between Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Crime

Paul Marini | September 20, 2011

Oakland, CA -- The RAND Corporation issued a report today dispelling the myth that there are inherent links between medial marijuana distribution centers and crime. The study on which the RAND report is based claims that crime was as much...

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Setting Precedent for Patients and Providers in San Luis Obispo County

Paul Marini | September 19, 2011

           Earlier this month, two medical marijuana patients were acquitted of all charges in a case that is likely to affect numerous other similar pending cases. Deip Paul and Steven Brown were found “not guilty” of several felonies after only two...

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Indictments Thrown Out by Nevada Judge, Who Said the State’s Medical Marijuana Law “Makes No Sense”

Paul Marini | September 15, 2011

         A Nevada trial court judge threw out an indictment Monday against Leonard Schwingdorf and Nathan Hamilton, two medical marijuana dispensary operators arrested in federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and local law enforcement raids on several Las Vegas facilities last year....

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Research Approved to Study Effects of Medical Marijuana on PTSD

Paul Marini | September 15, 2011

           After a lengthy approval process, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  has granted research to study the effects of medical marijuana on people living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This summer, the research group MAPS was given the go-ahead...

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Tennessee Congressman Calls Federal Medical Marijuana Policy “Misguided”

Paul Marini | September 14, 2011

Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) wrote a letter to Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske on Monday, urging a change to the country’s drug policy with regard to marijuana. In addition to calling the federal policy on medical marijuana “misguided,” Cohen said, “Marijuana...

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Help ASA turn the tide in CA!

Paul Marini | September 13, 2011

This was a tough year for medical cannabis in California. The state legislature failed to adopt a measure protecting patients’ employment rights, but they did adopt two bills that will present new hurdles for patients, providers, and growers. Americans for...

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9.9.9. Raids Remembered

Paul Marini | September 09, 2011

By: Eugene DavidovichThe month of September has eternally been etched into memories of medical marijuana patients in San Diego. September 9th, marks the second anniversary of District Attorney (DA) Bonnie Dumanis’ Operation Green Rx raids; the largest one day swat...

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