Medical Marijuana Patient Norman Smith Passes, But Not Without a Fight Paul Marini | August 09, 2012 Last Saturday, a memorial service was held for Norman Smith, 64. I never met Norman in person, but I feel like I got to know a part of him before he passed. Norman was a fighter, yet he seemed to... Read more
Cannabis News Around the Nation Paul Marini | August 03, 2012 Two weeks of medical cannabis news in review. Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Protect Landlords of Compliant Medical Marijuana Businesses - ASA PR Michigan court rules localities cannot use federal law as an excuse for violating state laws protecting medical cannabis... Read more
Lee's HR 6335 Would End the Assault on Landlords in the War on Safe Access Paul Marini | August 03, 2012 There are many who suffer the "collateral damage" of the war on safe access to medical cannabis. Patients who must suffer or break the law to obtain medicine, as well as their loved ones and providers are some of the... Read more
Support HR 6335 to protect patients' access Paul Marini | August 03, 2012 [caption id="attachment_2990" align="alignleft" width="150"] US Rep. Lee[/caption]The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is trying to confiscate property used to cultivate or provide medical cannabis to patients, even when it is legal under state law. Americans for safe Access (ASA), the... Read more
SF patients get creative to protest feds Paul Marini | August 02, 2012 Hundreds of ASA members and allies staged a funeral procession through the streets of San Francisco yesterday to protest the closing of the Vapor Room, one of the city’s venerable and legally-permitted medical cannabis patients’ collectives. Protesters with full funeral... Read more
Welcome to Cannabis Activist Summer Camp! Paul Marini | July 27, 2012 Howdy-Ho (potential) Campers! A bunch of us here at ASA are just so riled-up over this crazy federal crackdown on safe access, so we decided to start an online activist summer camp called Camp WakeUpObama to give all you medical... Read more
Wake Up Obama: Cannabis Patients Vote! Paul Marini | July 23, 2012 This is a photo of me at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. I had just heard one of the most politically motivating speeches of my life from a candidate for president. I was moved to tears, joyous, and inspired. This... Read more
National News in Review Paul Marini | July 20, 2012 A week of national news about medical cannabis, in review. If you live in Northern California, be part of making the news by protesting Obama's crackdown on state-legal dispensaries when he visits Oakland on Monday. Federal Judge Orders Defendant to... Read more
Medical Cannabis News Roundup Paul Marini | July 13, 2012 News about medical cannabis from around the nation - or, everything you missed if you were reading about the unjust federal action targeting Harborside Health Center. Government-sponsored study destroys DEA’s classification of marijuana - The Raw Story Visa and Mastercard... Read more
Cutting through the legal quagmire, patients demand safe and legal access to medical marijuana Paul Marini | July 11, 2012 Last Friday, patient advocates Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed an amicus ‘friend of the court’ brief in City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patient’s Health and Wellness Center to convey the urgent need for safe and legal access to... Read more