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Law Would Ban Potent Marijuana 'Concentrates' in California

Paul Marini | March 11, 2014

Dennis Romero, LA Weekly A provision of a new law that would attempt to finally regulate California's medical marijuana industry could put popular marijuana concentrates, including wax, honey oil and other so-called "dabs," out of business.

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ASA California Roundup: March 10, 2014

Paul Marini | March 10, 2014

Contents:Message from the CA Director - Flex your grassroots muscle... today!California News Marijuana news: California governor, worried about 'potheads,' is skeptical of legalized pot (California) Medical marijuana bill limits who can prescribe pot (California) Jailed For Medical Marijuana: California Man...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - Mar 2014

Paul Marini | March 10, 2014

IN THIS ISSUE First Dispensaries Earn Patient Focused Certification New DOJ Policy on Cannabis Business Banking Members of Congress Urge Obama to Reclassify Cannabis Epilepsy Foundation Calls for Safe Access, More Research Federal Judge Rules Warrant Needed for Patient Records...

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Law and order may soon be coming to the Wild West of weed.

Paul Marini | March 09, 2014

Lisa Leff, Associated Press A California lawmaker has introduced legislation to regulate the state's free-wheeling medical marijuana industry — the farmers that grow the drug, the hundreds of storefront shops that sell it and especially the doctors who write recommendations...

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Legislators grapple with merging medical and recreational marijuana

Paul Marini | March 08, 2014

Christopher Lopaze, Bainbridge Island Review Washington’s first marijuana retail license was recently issued, but legislators are still trying to reconcile the medical and recreational-marijuana markets before stores open this summer.

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Medical marijuana has been legal in Washington state since 1998, but new recreational marijuana laws are threatening not only patients’ rights, but also their access to medicine.

Paul Marini | March 06, 2014

Katie Rucke, MintPress News Almost six months after the passage of Initiative 502, medical marijuana advocates in Washington state rallied outside of the state capitol in order to “save medical cannabis in Washington.”

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The first medicine developed straight from pot plants is poised for FDA approval. What would that mean for medical cannabis, legalization, and patients in need?

Paul Marini | March 05, 2014

Paul Tullis, TakePart he Mayflower in Washington, D.C., is one the capital’s grand old hotels, presenting to Connecticut Avenue a broad, brick facade and an awning festooned with the flags of many nations, as if the king of one of...

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Georgia's House Approves Medical Cannabis Bill, but Patient Access Remains in Doubt

Paul Marini | March 04, 2014

Late yesterday, the Georgia House of Representatives approved HB 885, a piece of medical cannabis legislation aimed at fixing the state's current but non-functioning medical cannabis law that was approved circa 1980. Bill sponsor Allen Peake and GA House of...

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Health risks and benefits to medicinal cannabis

Paul Marini | March 04, 2014

Matlin Smith, Las Cruces Sun-News He got a severe knee injury in 2000. Soon after, there were three knee surgeries and many doses of high-strength pain medication. This Las Cruces man, a former school teacher for 15 years who asked...

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How safe is marijuana?

Paul Marini | March 03, 2014

Kris Hermes, Letter to the Editor of USA Today It's disingenuous for the head of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, to say that the trend of marijuana legalization has made research into it more "feasible." The National Institute...

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