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'Illegal To Essential': How The Coronavirus Is Boosting The Legal Cannabis Industry

Paul Marini | April 20, 2020

By Brakkton Booker for National Public Radio Cannabis advocates argue that marijuana — which some people take for seizures, pain and nausea — is unlike virtually any other therapeutic. And access to it, whether prescribed by a doctor or not, depends...

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Essential Cannabis Employees Will Converge Online for a Free Training on Sanitation Practices in the Era of Covid-19

Paul Marini | April 14, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC — On Friday, April 17, 2020, through its Patient Focused Certification (PFC) program, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will hold a FREE safety training for essential cannabis workers during the COVID-19 crisis. This free live webinar will be held...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - April 2020

Paul Marini | April 11, 2020

In the April 2020 Issue: Patient Advocates Tell States Cannabis Businesses are “Essential Services” Charlotte Figi, Young Patient Who Inspired a Movement, Dies at 13 ASA’s National Unity Conference and Lobby Day Go Online ASA Launches “No Patient Left Behind”...

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Dan Stockwell Jr., Dublin, New Hampshire

William Dolphin | April 02, 2020

Dan Stockwell has been a public advocate for medical cannabis for more than 30 years. He discovered its therapeutic value at age 14, a decade before he got the diagnosis that helped explain why it helped. Despite a great family...

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Majority Of Americans Agree: Pot Shops Are Essential

Paul Marini | April 01, 2020

 By A.J. Herrington for High Times “We applaud these efforts at the state level and are honored to serve governments and medical cannabis stakeholders on behalf of patients.” - Steph Sherer

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As medical marijuana dispensaries change procedures amid coronavirus panic buying, Maryland shop owners fear supply chain shortage

Paul Marini | March 30, 2020

By Taylor Deville for the Baltimore Sun “What this points out is why federal oversight is really needed. Even in this crisis, it shows we really do need something that gives medical cannabis patients consistent access to their ... medicine.”-Debbie...

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Unity 2020 Campaigning for Cannabis: Making Policies Work for Patients

Paul Marini | March 27, 2020

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Coronavirus: Pro Cannabis Organization Says Dispensaries Are Essential, Pushes For Curbside Pickup

Paul Marini | March 25, 2020

From CBS Local DFW 21 One of the nation’s largest medical cannabis patient advocacy organizations, Americans for Safe Access is calling on the government to consider cannabis businesses and dispensaries “essential” during COVID-19-related closings.

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COVID19 State Emergency Plans Confirm Medical Cannabis is Essential

Paul Marini | March 25, 2020

Patient Advocates are Grateful States are Listening, Warn “There is More Action Still Needed” WASHINGTON, DC — Last Monday, March 16, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the nation's largest medical cannabis patient advocacy organization, with coordinated stakeholders and allies, called on U.S....

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Cannabinoids, Influenza, and Coronavirus

Paul Marini | March 24, 2020

With everything happening in the news lately, we want to present some scientific data to help medical cannabis patients and adult-use consumers make informed decisions in regard to cannabis products available, product safety, and personal health. Each person’s health situation...

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