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ASA California Roundup: January 6, 2014

Paul Marini | January 06, 2014

Contents:Message from the CA DirectorCalifornia News Do Citizens Have a Right Under the Constitution to Use Medical Marijuana? (National) Could the Pot Lobby Finally Show Its Strength in CA Politics? (California) Hammock Upholds City’s Medical Marijuana Measure (Los Angeles) Humboldt’s...

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Union hoping issue moves forward, creating middle-class jobs

Paul Marini | January 06, 2014

Rick Karlin, Times Union If there's any doubt that legalized marijuana has a future in New York and elsewhere, consider this: The United Food and Commercial Workers Union, which represents thousands who work in grocery stores and food processing plants...

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State Nullification Works: Colorado Marijuana Stores Prove it

Paul Marini | January 02, 2014

Michael Boldin, Tenth Amendment Center James Madison wrote in Federalist 46 that refusing to cooperate with unconstitutional federal acts would create “serious impediments” and “obstructions which the federal government would hardly be willing to encounter.” Yesterday, the people of Colorado...

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Medical marijuana caregiver, patient enrollment declines in 2013

Paul Marini | January 02, 2014

Carol Hopkins, The Oakland Press The number of Michigan medical marijuana caregivers in 2013 compared to the year before has dropped by nearly half — and people in the medical marijuana community say this is due to intimidation by law...

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What’s YOUR New Year’s resolution?

Paul Marini | December 31, 2013

‘Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions! We have had an amazing year and we are closer than ever to meeting our national goals. But we still have a lot to do! As 2014 draws near, it is a good...

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Medical marijuana users will pay their own way

Paul Marini | December 30, 2013

Denis J. O'Malley, News Times Connecticut and its more than 1,300 approved patients call it medicine. The U.S. government calls it a drug with a high potential for abuse. Health insurers don't really call marijuana much of anything at all.

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ASA California Roundup: December 30, 2013

Paul Marini | December 30, 2013

On behalf of everyone here at ASA, I want to wish you a safe, healthy, and happy New Year! Contents:California News The lie that won’t die: “We don’t know enough about marijuana!”  (National) In California, a Mayor’s Rise Is a...

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Political action committee launches referendum on marijuana cultivation ordinance

Paul Marini | December 24, 2013

Elizabeth Larson, Lake County News An effort to stop the Board of Supervisors' recently passed marijuana cultivation ordinance is under way, with signature gathering now taking place for a referendum.

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ASA California Roundup: December 23, 2013

Paul Marini | December 23, 2013

Happy holidays from everyone at ASA!Contents:California News Is California Actually Moving Backwards? (California) Medical marijuana patient to challenge cultivation ruling (California) Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Relocate In Compliance With Proposition D (Los Angeles) Marijuana production climbs in Merced County...

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Pot Farms in Strip Malls, Storefront Dispensaries and a New Economy

Paul Marini | December 23, 2013

Zak Stone, Next City Sickness is everywhere in Los Angeles. Many people are looking to heal. Three of them are on the boardwalk in Venice Beach. They’ve taken the bus here from UCLA, where they’re freshmen, and they’ve just emerged...

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