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Congressmen Say DOJ's Interpretation Of Their Medical Marijuana Amendment Is 'Emphatically Wrong'

Paul Marini | April 04, 2015

By Matt Ferner Huffington Post The lawmakers behind a recent congressional amendment protecting medical marijuana operations in states where the drug is legal strongly rebuked the Department of Justice for trying to continue to crack down on some medical marijuana...

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Pretrial Motion Based on Congressional Spending Bill May Get Traction in State Medical Cannabis Case

Paul Marini | April 02, 2015

San Diego, CA - Yesterday in court, absent their clients, attorneys Michael J. McCabe and Heather Bugan argued a motion to dismiss the charges in a medical cannabis case. The argument was based on a much-publicized federal spending bill that is...

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Fired-Up Pot Patients, Parents Trade Tips to Prevent Confiscation of Kids

Paul Marini | April 02, 2015

By Steven Nelson U.S. News and World Report About a dozen parents and medical marijuana activists gathered in the nation’s capital Monday to share horror stories and advice on how to shield families from authorities who wield the power to...

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Hello from Washington, DC

Paul Marini | March 30, 2015

Hello from Washington, DC. ASA’s National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference is underway! I am going to the US Capitol Building with almost 100 Californians tomorrow for our third annual Citizen Lobby Day to support the CARERS Act – an unprecedented bill that would finally...

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Why Georgia is Not Set to Become the 24th Medical Marijuana State

Paul Marini | March 27, 2015

UPDATE (April 16, 2015): Governor Nathan Deal has signed HB1 into law, making Georgia the 13th CBD state. ORIGINAL POST: With the passage of HB1 in Georgia this week, the state will become the 36th state with some form of...

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Unity 2015 Wellness is Winning: Advancing Evidence Based Medical Marijuana Policy

Geoffrey Marshall | March 27, 2015

March 27-31, 2015

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Groups convene in Washington, DC for third annual national medical cannabis conference March 27-31

Paul Marini | March 27, 2015

Washington, DC -- The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Cannabis Committee, in coordination with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), and the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), announces the release of a joint statement advocating for implementation of best practices for the...

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Sweeping New Marijuana Reform Bills Introduced In Congress

Paul Marini | March 26, 2015

Marguerite Arnold, Main Street March will stand in history as the month that Congress finally considered changing its tune on marijuana.  In mid-March, an odd political troika consisting of marijuana's superheroes on a national political level, introduced the most sweeping and...

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Scientists, patients, doctors, advocates, lawyers, policymakers unite to further advance public health policy reforms

Paul Marini | March 24, 2015

Washington, D.C. -- The country's leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), will hold its third annual national Unity Conference, "Wellness is Winning," in Washington, D.C. on March 27-31, 2015. The conference will highlight medical and legal...

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Lawmaker: Misinformation about issue creating 'frenzy'

Paul Marini | March 23, 2015

Lauren Dake, The Columbian Washington’s unregulated medical marijuana market has repeatedly been described as the wild, wild West.

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