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“Patient Protection Amendment” Would Ensure Continued Access to Safe, Affordable Medicine

Paul Marini | April 10, 2015

OLYMPIA, WA - A bipartisan team of Washington State Representatives has introduced a sweeping amendment to Senate Bill 5052 ahead of an expected vote slated for Friday afternoon. The “Patient Protection Amendment” would make significant improvements to the bill, which...

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Take Action Washington! House Vote on Medical Cannabis Bills is Today!

Paul Marini | April 10, 2015

Today is a BIG day in Olympia.  The medical cannabis bill, SB 5052, is scheduled for a floor vote in the Washington State House of Representatives. Now is the time to act. A bipartisan group of leaders introduced the Patient Protection amendment to the...

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Congressmen Demand That DOJ Stop Prosecuting Medical Marijuana Cases

Paul Marini | April 09, 2015

By Matt Ferner The Huffington Post A pair of lawmakers behind a historic congressional amendment protecting medical marijuana operations from federal crackdown issued a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday demanding the Department of Justice stop prosecuting cases...

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Legal Conflicts on Medical Marijuana Ensnare Hundreds as Courts Debate a New Provision

Paul Marini | April 09, 2015

Erik Eckholm The New York Times BLOOMFIELD, N.M. — Charles C. Lynch seemed to be doing everything right when he opened a medical marijuana dispensary in the tidy coastal town of Morro Bay, Calif.

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Reps. Rohrabacher and Farr Send Letter to DOJ to Cease Federal Prosecutions

Paul Marini | April 08, 2015

  Today, U.S. Representatives Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and Sam Farr (D-CA) sent a letter Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice questioning whether the continued medical marijuana prosecutions being waged by Department are in compliance the spending medical...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - Apr 2015

Paul Marini | April 08, 2015

ASA's new Activist Newsletter reports on the latest developments affecting medical cannabis patients and advocates. In this month's issue, you'll learn about historic new bills in Congress, Georgia's new medical cannabis law, the new international medical cannabis patients coalition that...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - Apr 2015

Paul Marini | April 08, 2015

In this Issue Historic Bipartisan Medical Cannabis Bills in Congress ASA National Unity Conference Draws Advocates to DC International Medical Cannabis Patient Coalition Formed Georgia  Enacts Medical Cannabis Bill Judge Rejects Effort to Imprison Kettle Falls Five ASA Excellence Awards...

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The Dr. Oz Show Asks Americans To Start Talking About ‘Marijuana as Medicine’

Paul Marini | April 07, 2015

Today people from around the world highlighted the importance health awareness by celebrating World Health Day. Among the many great public awareness efforts conducted today we would like to thank the Dr. Oz Show for issuing a PSA calling for...

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Advocates Fight to Pursue Medical Marijuana Research

Paul Marini | April 06, 2015

https://cronkitenewsonline.com/2015/04/advocates-fight-to-pursue-medical-marijuana-research/index.html Local veterans and doctors traveled to Washington D.C. to lobby for marijuana research and support legislation like the Carers Act, which would permit veterans affairs doctors to prescribe medical marijuana for chronic conditions. Cronkite News Correspondent Nihal Krishan has...

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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...

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