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Americans for Safe Access ISO 17065 Accreditation: THE STANDARD FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES

Steph Sherer | April 20, 2021

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has created the medical cannabis market through the crafting and monitoring of legislation and regulations at all levels of government. As a patient advocacy organization, product safety has been a top priority since our inception...

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Schatz Revives Bill That Would Give Military Veterans Access To Medical Marijuana

Geoffrey Marshall | April 19, 2021

By Kevin Knodell for the Honolulu Civil Beat The bill has the backing of several veteran and drug policy organizations, including the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, VoteVets, Minority Veterans of America, U.S. Pain Foundation, Drug Policy Alliance, Americans...

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Check out ASA's April Newsletter!

William Dolphin | April 16, 2021

Check out ASA's April 2021 newsletter for the agenda for the upcoming Unity conference and info on more than 30 amazing speakers. Registration for Unity is sliding scale, so everyone has a chance to participate. You'll also find news and links...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - April 2021

William Dolphin | April 16, 2021

In the April 2021 Issue Three States Approve Adult Use; New York Expands Medical Access ASA Unity 2021 Conference Agenda Released Speakers announced for Upcoming Unity Conference PFC Unveiling New Patient’s Guide at Unity Conference ASA Weighs in on Biden’s...

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Patients Deserve a Federal Overhaul on Medical Cannabis

Andrew Coon | April 15, 2021

In 1970, President Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act, which updated and consolidated previously scattered narcotics legislation to form the federal guidelines on controlled substances used to this day. Cannabis was listed as a Schedule I substance, a category for...

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Biden Administration Must Address Health Equity in Federal Housing

Andrew Coon | April 13, 2021

Since winning election in November, the Biden-Harris administration has been silent on the issue of federal medical cannabis reform. Rather than following through on campaign trail promises to support state medical cannabis programs and medical cannabis equity issues, patients have...

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Cannabis is My Lifesaver

Eryck Stamper | April 09, 2021

Eryck Stamper retired from the US Navy in 2013 as a decorated Senior Chief Petty Officer. After a few jobs in the Maryland Park Service and government contracting, he found his way into the cannabis industry as a budtender. He...

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Be there for veterans

| April 06, 2021

Jose Belen is a native of Amsterdam, New York. At 19, he enlisted in the army and deployed to Iraq in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was honorably discharged in 2005 and eventually settled in Florida where he started...

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Will vets convince Biden administration cannabis is better than opioids?

| April 06, 2021

By Jonathan D. Salant for NJ Cannabis Insider Efforts by cannabis advocates are underway in Washington to try to convince the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to allow physicians at VA hospitals to recommend cannabis in states where the drug...

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Nikki Lawley, Buffalo, New York

William Dolphin | April 02, 2021

It was just a routine vaccination. As a pediatric nurse, Nikki Lawley had done more than she could count, including with kids like this one, who really didn’t want the shot. But the child turned combative and suddenly headbutted her,...

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