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Lansing Center hosts third annual Midwest iHemp Expo

Geoffrey Marshall | May 20, 2022

By Autumn Pitchure for WLNS6.com LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The third annual Midwest iHemp Expo is kicking off Friday, May 20 at the Lansing Center, and will run until Saturday, May 21. Expo sponsor, the Michigan Chapter of Americans For...

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Arizona’s Marijuana Industry Ranked As C- by ASA

| May 17, 2022

By Dan Kingston for AZmarijuana.com “For 2022, ASA recommends that Arizona’s legislature protects patients’ stake in the existing market by creating a review board staffed by patients and physicians with independent regulatory control over medical cannabis operations in the state....

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ASA Activist Newsletter - April 2022

William Dolphin | May 02, 2022

In the April 2022 Issue: Celebrating 20 Years of Advocacy! New California Advisory Group Formed Annual California Lobby Day - May 10 ASA Supports INCBA Cannabis Law Institute ASA Founder Presenting at Cannabis Science Conference Univ. of Maryland Symposium Features...

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Americans for Safe Access: Continuing the Fight for Patient Access

Cara Wietstock | April 28, 2022

By Cara Wietstock for Ganjapreneur There are currently 38 states in the US with THC-inclusive medical cannabis programs and only a handful of states where patients have no access to medical cannabis products. But when Steph Sherer founded Americans for Safe...

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With a low medical marijuana score, PA fights to get at-home growing

Geoffrey Marshall | April 20, 2022

By Brittany Valentine for AL DÍA In its 2021 State of the States Report, the California-based pro-cannabis advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access, Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana program received a C+ rating.Compared with the rest of the nation, Pennsylvania’s score is lower...

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Medical marijuana patients want to grow their own weed. Will the state let them?

Geoffrey Marshall | April 20, 2022

By Jordana Rosenfeld for Pittsburgh City Paper According to patients, caregivers, and their advocates, Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Program leaves a lot to be desired. The program got a C+ in a recent report by California-based advocacy group Americans for Safe Access, which...

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ASA's 20th Birthday

Geoffrey Marshall | April 19, 2022

Happy Birthday ASA! I am so humbled by all that we have accomplished together over the last 20 years. When we started Americans for Access, we were facing paramilitary style raids from the DEA, only 8 states had passed laws...

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California Cannabis Stakeholders Join Together to Address Patient Needs

Debbie Churgai | April 18, 2022

Americans for Safe Access Announces New Agenda for California with New Advisory Group focusing on Improved Patient Access, Affordability, Equity, Product Safety and more WASHINGTON, DC – Americans for Safe Access (ASA) announces the creation of The ASA California Advisory Committee...

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Rash of marijuana store robberies highlights need for safeguards

| April 15, 2022

By Margaret Jackson for MJBizDaily Americans for Safe Access (ASA), a medical marijuana advocacy group based in Washington DC, advises businesses to “develop and enforce policies for checking all doors and windows before opening and after closing.”In its recently released “Robbery...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - March 2022

William Dolphin | March 31, 2022

In this Issue: ASA Files Brief on Cannabis Trademarks PFC Holds Webinar on Vape Recalls ASA Events: University of Maryland, April 22 New ASA Podcasts Available Activist Profile: Carla Basante, New Jersey

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