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Protect Pot Doctors, AMA Tells Congress

Paul Marini | June 12, 2015

By Steven Nelson US News and World Report  The American Medical Association is hardly a pioneering advocate of more liberal marijuana laws, but this week the largest organization representing U.S. doctors asked Congress to grant immunity to physicians who participate...

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Senate Committee Approves Protections For State Medical Marijuana Programs

Paul Marini | June 12, 2015

By Matt Ferner Huffington Post The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a provision Thursday that would protect medical marijuana operations from federal crackdown in states where the substance is legal.

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AB 258 by CA Assembly Member Marc Levine (D-San Rafael)

Paul Marini | June 12, 2015

Legislation sponsored by Americans for Safe Access (ASA) entered the home stretch on Wednesday when the California Senate Health Committee approved AB 258, the Medical Cannabis Organ Transplant Act. The bill by Assembly Member Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) will protect...

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Senate Committee Approves Mikulski Medical Marijuana Amendment with Strong Bipartisan Support

Paul Marini | June 11, 2015

In a huge victory today for medical marijuana patients, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee markup hearing on the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) appropriations bill, the a bipartisan group of senators voted 21-9 to adopt the Mikulski Amendment to the DOJ...

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Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Mikulski Medical Marijuana Amendment to CJS

Paul Marini | June 11, 2015

Washington, DC-  Earlier today the United States Senate Appropriations Committee voted for the Mikulski medical cannabis (marijuana) amendment to the Commerce, Science, and Justice (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2015 by a margin of 20-10.  Senator Barbara Mikulski ‘s...

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Senate Panel Votes To Prevent DEA Interference In State Medical Marijuana Laws

Paul Marini | June 11, 2015

By Steve Elliot Hemp News  In yet another huge victory for marijuana reform, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved an amendment to prevent the Department of Justice from spending money to interfere with state medical marijuana laws. The...

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Smoking out the Legislature

Paul Marini | June 10, 2015

News Review By Ngaio Bealum  

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Take Action to Urge the US Senate to Protect State Medical Marijuana Programs

Paul Marini | June 10, 2015

On Thursday morning, the Senate Appropriations Committee will be marking up the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations bill, which will set the budget of the Department of Justice for fiscal year 2016. Senator Mikulski (D-MD) is planning on introducing an amendmentwith...

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Lobby day next week, live Google Hangout tomorrow, and the petition for AB 258 today…

Paul Marini | June 08, 2015

The California Citizen Lobby Day is just one week away! That means it is time for you to get signed up on the event web page at http://CaliforniaCitizenLobbyDay.org/register using your home address, so that we have time to schedule a meeting for you...

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LAW WOULD CREATE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF MARIJUANA REGULATION (REALLY)

Paul Marini | June 05, 2015

By Dennis Romero LA Weekly California, God bless her, is often a global tastemaker. And in the field of medical marijuana, the Golden State was the first state in America to legalize it. But that's about all we did.

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