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Session Over: California’s Historic Medical Pot Bill Killed

Paul Marini | August 14, 2014

David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle A historic bill to create much-needed regulations for the state’s flourishing, $1.8 billion estimated medical pot industry landed in the dustbin today.

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Pot Regulation Bill Goes up in Smoke

Paul Marini | August 14, 2014

Thadeus Greenson, North Coast Journal A bill seeking to create a regulatory framework for California’s multi-billion dollar medical marijuana industry died quietly in an Assembly committee today, the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting.

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SB 1262 Goes to the Suspense File with an Uncertain Fate

Paul Marini | August 13, 2014

UPDATE 08/14/2014 - The Assembly Appropriations Committee held SB 1262 in committee today, so it will not pass this year. The California Assembly Appropriations Committee placed SB 1262 into the suspense file this morning. The suspense file is where the...

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CA Pot Regs - SB 1262 - In ‘Suspense’ Until Tomorrow

Paul Marini | August 13, 2014

David Downs, East Bay Express California’s landmark regulations for its medical marijuana industry were not heard, passed, or killed in the Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing today. Instead, Senate Bill 1262 was moved to the "suspense file" and could face a...

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Leafly Partners with Americans for Safe Access on NFL-Focused Chronic Pain Ads

Paul Marini | August 12, 2014

With the NFL preseason already underway, cannabis activists are shining a spotlight on the professional sports league to soften their stance on medical cannabis use among players. Roger Goodell, the league commissioner, has stated that he'd consider allowing athletes to use...

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USA Today Pot Ads Target NFL

Paul Marini | August 11, 2014

David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle This week the country’s leading medical cannabis advocacy group Americans for Safe Access has teamed up with the wikipedia of weed Leafly to run advertisements touting the plant in USA Today’s NFL Special Edition.

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Americans for Safe Access and Leafly team up to educate public on therapeutic effects of cannabis for chronic pain

Paul Marini | August 11, 2014

Washington, D.C. -- The country's leading medical marijuana advocacy organization, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), has teamed up with the world's largest cannabis information resource, Leafly, to run advertisements starting yesterday in USA Today's NFL Special Edition, which will be...

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ASA California Weekly Roundup: August 11, 2014

Paul Marini | August 11, 2014

Contents: Message from the CA Director: Well done on the lobby day! State & Local News: News From Communities All Over California Public Meetings & Events: Sacramento, Santa Rosa, & Riverside Court Support: Submit dates for court support! Take Action...

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ASA Citizen Lobby Day Makes a Difference

Paul Marini | August 07, 2014

ASA’s fourth citizen lobby day in California was a big success. Approximately 150 patients and other stakeholders attended, and they visited more than fifty legislative offices – plus a lot of impromptu visits initiated by attendees themselves. Participants asked lawmakers...

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SB 1262 and California Patients

Paul Marini | August 06, 2014

The debate about SB 1262 in California has been a contentious one, and controversy is sure to persist until a final vote on the bill that will regulate doctors who recommend medical cannabis and those who commercially cultivate, process, test,...

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