City Council Repeals LA Ban, Now It’s Time to Regulate Paul Marini | October 03, 2012 The Los Angeles City Council voted to repeal an ordinance banning medical cannabis patients’ cooperatives and collectives yesterday, clearing the way for a new ordinance to regulate hundreds of facilities in the city. The City Council adopted the ban in... Read more
At the Presidential Debates, we ask, #YNotMMJ? Paul Marini | October 02, 2012 Tomorrow the two leading candidates for President will meet for the first of three debates. The event, at the University of Denver, will be the only Presidential debate focused exclusively on domestic policy. The debate will take place from 9... Read more
Connecticut medical marijuana law comes into effect Paul Marini | October 01, 2012 On October 1st, 1937, the Marihuana Tax Act came into effect - the first national prohibition of cannabis. 75 years later, Connecticut today became the seventeenth state in the Union, along with the District of Columbia, to provide some access... Read more
Marijuana Prohibition Turns 75, Feds Continue Attacks on Medical Marijuana Paul Marini | October 01, 2012 Today is the 75th anniversary of marijuana prohibition in the U.S. and, as a society, we’re no better off for it. In fact, many would argue that we’re far worse off with prohibition than if at any point we had... Read more
A Plaintiff Speaks: Why I'm Suing for Safe Access Paul Marini | September 26, 2012 I am a disabled United States Air Force veteran who is one of the plaintiffs suing over the placement of marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act, in the ASA v DEA case which will be heard by the United States... Read more
Montana Supreme Court upholds a terrible law, but voters have final word Paul Marini | September 20, 2012 The Montana Supreme Court issued a ruling last week in the Montana Cannabis Industry Association's lawsuit against the State of Montana. The Supreme Court reversed a lower court's injunction against provisions of the state's medical marijuana law, known as SB423,... Read more
Cannabis, the Gateway Herb: A Doctor Responds Paul Marini | September 19, 2012 David Sack in his recent HuffPo post entitled "Marijuana: The New Snake Oil" challenges the status of medical marijuana, an increasingly popular alternative treatment, as "good medicine." This question is particularly relevant because the Washington DC federal Court of Appeals... Read more
Medical Cannabis News in Review Paul Marini | September 07, 2012 Is Paul Ryan's statement similar to Obama's position on medical marijuana? Is there evidence that marijuana has accepted medical uses? Are there really more dispensaries than Starbucks in LA? Recent news about medical marijuana: Paul Ryan’s position on medical pot:... Read more
Want to Join ASA for Medical Cannabis Patients' Day in Federal Court? Paul Marini | September 06, 2012 After a full decade of waiting, medical cannabis patients will finally have their day in federal court on October 16, 2012 when the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to hear oral arguments in Americans for... Read more
Medical Prescribers Launch National Letter for Medical Cannabis Paul Marini | September 06, 2012 After this blog was posted, prescribing medical professionals have signed a letter acknowledging that cannabis has medical use and should be rescheduled.Most would agree with the premise that medical decisions regarding the appropriateness of a treatments are best left to... Read more