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Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Reviewing Scientific Evidence Reaches Federal Court for First Time in Nearly 20 Years

Paul Marini | October 05, 2012

Washington, D.C. -- For the first time in nearly 20 years, a United States Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the federal government's classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medicinal...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - OCTOBER 2012

Paul Marini | October 01, 2012

Volume 7, Issue 10

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Federal Sentencing of Legally Compliant Medical Marijuana Providers Highlights Harmful Obama Policy

Paul Marini | September 28, 2012

Detroit, MI -- Five medical marijuana patients and caregivers will be sentenced in federal court next week, highlighting the human cost of the federal government’s intolerance for state medical marijuana laws. Two medical marijuana caregivers from Monroe County who were...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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