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This Entire Family Of Medical Marijuana Patients Could Go To Prison For Growing Pot

Paul Marini | May 02, 2014

Matt Ferner, Huffington Post Four family members and a close family friend in a rural town in northeastern Washington are facing years in federal prison for growing marijuana for their personal medical use.

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Military veterans seeking medical marijuana treatment for their ailments, including PTSD, must still find medical help outside of the VA. An amendment focused on changing that failed by a vote of 195 to 222 on Wednesday

Paul Marini | May 02, 2014

Katie Rucke, MintPress News On Wednesday evening almost 200 members of U.S. Congress, including 22 Republicans, voted in favor of an amendment to the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, that would have allowed physicians...

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From pain and trouble sleeping to cancer and dementia, pot can be a godsend for seniors.

Paul Marini | May 02, 2014

April Short, AlterNet Sue Taylor, a retired Catholic school principal and grandmother from Oakland, California, was living in Atlanta, Georgia writing a parenting handbook when she got a phone call from her son that would disrupt her life.

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Interactive online tool shows how Congress votes on medical marijuana, including yesterday's VHA vote

Paul Marini | May 01, 2014

Washington, D.C. -- The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) relaunched its VoteMedicalMarijuana.org website today, an interactive online tool that provides voting statistics and a report card for each Members of Congress. For example, the site provides...

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Veterans Equal Access Amendment Nearly Passes in Milestone Congressional Medical Marijuana Vote

Paul Marini | May 01, 2014

Yesterday, Congress narrowly defeated an amendment to the House Military Construction & Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies Appropriations Act (HR 4486) by a vote of 195-222. The "Veterans Equal Access Amendment," offered by Reps. Blumenauer (D-OR), Farr (D-CA), and Rohrabacher (R-CA)...

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Pot reformers see change on the horizon after close 222-195 vote in House of Representatives

Paul Marini | May 01, 2014

Steven Nelson, US News & World Report A conservative congressman representing rural southwest Virginia has emerged as an unlikely champion of rolling back federal marijuana prohibition.

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Vote Could Lift Ban on VHA Doctors Recommending Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | April 30, 2014

Washington, D.C. -- Veterans will be able to get recommendations to use medical cannabis from Veterans Health Administration (VHA) physicians if an amendment expected to be offered this evening passes. The VHA currently prohibits its medical providers from issuing the...

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Balk receives ASA award

Paul Marini | April 30, 2014

Portage Daily Register Bunny Balk, chairwoman for the Wisconsin Chapter of Americans for Safe Access, received a distinguished award during the second annual National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference in Washington, D.C., this month.

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Case involving alleged entrapment techniques by police against registered Michigan caregiver sets new record for attendance in Berrien County Courthouse

Paul Marini | April 30, 2014

ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN - Michigan’s medical marijuana community showed strong support for a defendant in the tiny west Michigan town of St. Joseph by bringing 60 people to the Berrien County Courthouse on April 25. The effort was organized by...

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CA AB 2500 defeated

Paul Marini | April 29, 2014

ASA Members helped stop another bad bill in the state legislature today! An Assembly committee just rejected a measure that would have made it a crime to drive with even a tiny amount medical cannabis in your blood (AB 2500). This...

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