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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: Episode 3

Steph Sherer | January 30, 2025

Playing Defense in the 119th Congress  The 2024 Elections shook up leadership in the administration and in Congress, putting a cohort of anti-cannabis representatives in positions that could significantly impact gains to patient access from medical cannabis programs and hemp...

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Put Patients First! Take Action in ASA's 100 Days Campaign

Steph Sherer | January 24, 2025

WELCOME TO ASA’S FIRST 100 DAYS CAMPAIGN! The first 100 days of the 47th Administration and 119th Congress will set policy priorities that impact millions of patients across America. From the economy to housing and public health, these decisions will...

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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series- Episode 2

Steph Sherer | January 23, 2025

How to get involved with ASA's First 100 Days Campaign Policy priorities will be set in the first 100 days of the 47th Administration and 119th Congress for the upcoming year. From the economy to housing and public health, these...

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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series- Episode #1

Steph Sherer | January 15, 2025

  DEA Postponed Rescheduling Hearing, What Just Happened? Join ASA staff as we dive into the new ruling to postpone the DEA hearings, what it means for the current rescheduling process, and where we go from here.  Watch on YouTube:...

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Medical Cannabis: In Need of a Regulatory Model That Puts Patients First

Codi Peterson | January 13, 2025

As a pediatric emergency department pharmacist, I witness both the incredible potential of modern medicine and some of its most glaring gaps. One of those gaps is medical cannabis, which, in my opinion, is a tremendously underutilized tool. Even among...

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Returning to Elevate Patient Voices in the Next Era of Medical Cannabis, Will You Join me?

Steph Sherer | December 30, 2024

Nearly two decades ago, we founded Americans for Safe Access (ASA) to bring patients’ needs and voices out of the shadows and into the center of the national cannabis debate. Back then, patients were criminalized, stigmatized, and rarely heard—trotted out...

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Healthcare Leaders & Cannabis Experts Unite Behind Bold National Medical Cannabis Effort for 2025

Steph Sherer | December 13, 2024

Americans for Safe Access Founder Steph Sherer Returns to Lead the Initiative Washington, D.C. – Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is proud to announce the return of its founder, Steph Sherer, to the position of Executive Director. Sherer will lead...

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HHS Unlikely to Appear at Hearing, Despite DEA’s Challenging Findings & Threat of Subpoena

Steph Sherer | November 29, 2024

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) General Notice of Hearing (GNoH) state: "The purpose of a hearing would be to receive factual evidence and expert opinion regarding whether marijuana should be transferred to Schedule...

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5 Important Insights on the Cannabis Rescheduling Hearings

Steph Sherer | November 29, 2024

On Monday, December 2, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., formal hearings begin regarding the Department of Justice's (DOJ) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to move cannabis to Schedule III. The hearing will be live streamed: www.DEA.gov/live.   What You Need to...

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THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT, CANNABIS POLICY & PATIENTS

Steph Sherer | November 17, 2024

While Presidential candidates’ positions on cannabis may make for good headlines, the reality is that, aside from signing legislation and directing federal agencies, the office of the President of the United States (POTUS) does not have the power to fundamentally...

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