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ASA Activist Newsletter - May 2017

Paul Marini | May 05, 2017

In the May 2017 Issue: Medical Cannabis Protections Renewed by Congress Indiana Enacts Law Allowing CBD for Epilepsy Wisconsin Enacts CBD Law California Releases Proposed Cannabis Regulations Mexico Legislature Passes Medical Marijuana Bill International Group OKs Development of Cannabis Standards...

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Online Resource on Medical Cannabis Available

Paul Marini | May 05, 2017

Clinical Oncology News “Whether or not doctors or other health care professionals have any intention of recommending medical cannabis for patient care, they all need to be well educated in this clinical area because their patients will be seeking their...

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FY17 Budget Protects Medical Cannabis Patients

Paul Marini | May 04, 2017

After passing a temporary stopgap budget measure, Congress has funded the Government through September 30, 2017. Included in the Appropriations bill is a provision that prevents the Department of Justice from expending federal funds to prevent the implementation of state...

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Having "The Talk"

Paul Marini | May 02, 2017

For medical cannabis patients, one of the hardest conversations to have may be with family and friends. After negotiating the hurdles of registering as a patient, finding a physician that will recommend medical cannabis, and finding a dispensary close to...

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Is Medical Cannabis The Cure To Our Opioid Epidemic?

Paul Marini | May 02, 2017

For CBS Miami “When we look at tools to combat the opioid crisis, I think it’s amazing that medical cannabis is a tool we can use. At the heart of all of our challenges is the fact that the federal government...

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Themes Emerging from the 2017 Americans for Safe Access Unity Conference

Paul Marini | April 28, 2017

By Chloe Detrick for Ganjapreneur “I feel that ASA is only going to continue growing as more and more states begin introducing legalization efforts. We are going to continue to get involved with state governments and assist them in ensuring...

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What Does a Government Shutdown Mean for Medical Cannabis?

Paul Marini | April 25, 2017

If you have seen the news lately, you know that the possibility of a government shutdown is looming. Without any action, government funding ends at midnight on Friday April 28th, meaning that all non-essential government operations and agencies are suspended...

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Orrick Stokes DEA Over Alleged Marijuana Misstatements

Paul Marini | April 24, 2017

By Marcia Coyle for The National Law Journal A team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, representing the medical marijuana advocate Americans for Safe Access, isn’t holding its breath for federal drug enforcement officials to erase their alleged misstatements about the...

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Medicinal Cannabis Treatments Coming, Experts Say

Paul Marini | April 24, 2017

Larger-scale research, better regulation needed By Ryan Basen for Medpage Today WASHINGTON -- Medicinal cannabis industry officials and scholars here touted potential breakthroughs to treat health problems and questioned why cannabidiol (CBD) is not mandatory for athletes to address traumatic...

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Ohio rules for medical pot growers bring access questions

Paul Marini | April 24, 2017

By the Associated Press for Fox 8 Cleveland “The most genuine answer that anyone can give about Ohio’s program is that this has never been done before, so we don’t know if it will work, or serve patients. So patients...

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