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What California’s Legalization Initiative Says About Medical Cannabis

Paul Marini | November 07, 2016

California voters will decide on Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, on Tuesday. The initiative will legalize the non-medical use, possession and cultivation of cannabis, within certain limits, by adults aged twenty-one and over. It also creates a...

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D.C. Council Passes Major Updates To Medical Marijuana Law

Paul Marini | November 04, 2016

By Michelle Goldchain for DCist In a release, Mike Liszewski, government affairs director at Americans for Safe Access, also praised the move. “Not only will this amendment increase patient choice in the District, but the increased competition should result in...

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DC Council Passes Lab Testing and Program Expansion Bill

Paul Marini | November 03, 2016

The DC Council passed a bill this week that will make several improvements to the District's Medical Marijuana Program. The bill, B21-210, will authorize the Department of Health to license third-party testing labs so that medicine the District can be independently tested...

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ASA Re-launches voter advocacy tool, Vote Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | October 31, 2016

  It is less than two weeks until the 2016 elections. Do you know where the candidates stand on medical cannabis? It matters. Lawmakers at the local, state and federal level are going to make important decisions about medical cannabis that...

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Humboldt State University Panel Debates Pros and Cons of Prop. 64

Paul Marini | October 31, 2016

By TG Branfalt Jr. for Ganjapreneur Kristin Nevedal, a local cultivator and consultant to Americans for Safe Access who appeared on the panel, said that the law doesn’t allow grows larger than 1 acre during the first five years and...

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Pot ballot drives put medical, recreational users at odds

Paul Marini | October 31, 2016

By Patrick Whittle for the Associated Press via WRAL.com Americans for Safe Access, an organization that advocates for legal access to medical cannabis, said recreational marijuana programs should be kept separate from medical marijuana. The group sees potential "competing interests"...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - October 2016

Paul Marini | October 30, 2016

IN THIS ISSUE Medical Cannabis Initiatives on the Ballot in Four States Congress Extends State Protections, Abandons Vets Louisiana Lawmakers Push Program Forward Illinois Extends and Expands Pilot Program Medical Cannabis Reducing Opiate Risks Activist Profiles: Four Advocates Turned Candidates...

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A Q. and A. with a medical cannabis patient

Paul Marini | October 28, 2016

By Jean Cole for HometownFocus.us We appreciate the praise by Terri (Mestnick) Kashani in this interview.  

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Fighting Cultural Misconceptions

Paul Marini | October 28, 2016

By Larry Buhl for Marijuana Venture [Yami] Bolanos says she was enraged and horrified when an acquaintance died after being denied a liver transplant because he tested positive for marijuana he’d used legally to reduce the effects of chemotherapy. Working...

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Candidates and Cannabis

Paul Marini | October 25, 2016

Vote Medical Marijuana Across the nation, candidates for federal and state positions are running ads, having town halls, engaging in debates, and knocking on doors. In some of these states, activists and patients are doing what they can to bring...

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