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Connecting with Lawmakers at NCSL

Paul Marini | August 07, 2018

From July 29 through August 2, Americans for Safe Access attended the annual National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) in Los Angeles, California. We joined over 5,000 conference attendees (about 1,200 of which were state lawmakers or state legislative staff)...

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California Laboratory Achieves National Certification

Paul Marini | August 02, 2018

For Immediate Release: August 1st, 2018 Contact: Heather Despres | [email protected] California Laboratory Achieves National Certification Los Angeles, CA – Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is pleased to announce that Consumer Safety Analytics (AKA CannaSafe) Laboratory of Van Nuys, California has...

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Nic Easley, Denver, Colorado

William Dolphin | August 01, 2018

Nic Easley’s introduction to medical cannabis came courtesy of injuries he sustained serving his country. The doctors at the VA prescribed medications to help him, but in 2006, four years after his honorable discharge from the Air Force, Nic turned...

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One of Florida’s largest medical marijuana businesses forced to stop processing pot

Paul Marini | July 20, 2018

By Elizabeth Koh for the Tampa Bay Times "Surterra will comply with all of the regulations set forth by the Department of Health in order to ensure that Floridians continue to receive the safest, most naturally derived treatments to enable...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - July 2018

Paul Marini | July 10, 2018

In the July 2018 Issue: FDA Approves First Medicine Derived from Cannabis World Health Organization Takes First Steps to Reschedule Cannabis New Bipartisan Congressional Bill to Respect State Cannabis Laws Oklahoma Voters Pass Robust Medical Cannabis Initiative Activist Profile: Christy...

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Christy and Mark Zartler, ASA 2018 Courage Award

William Dolphin | July 02, 2018

For Christy Zartler, the breaking point came four years ago when her 14-year-old daughter’s neurologist announced that he’d exhausted all the pharmaceutical treatments available. For ten years, Christy and her husband Mark had been struggling to control Kara’s severe autism...

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Oklahoma Legalized Medical Marijuana, to the Likely Dismay of Scott Pruitt

Paul Marini | June 28, 2018

By Thomas Mitchell for Westword "Question 788 is a tremendous victory for patients and for access to medical cannabis. We hope we can replicate this success in Utah and Missouri this November when those states will vote on improving their...

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FDA Approves First Medicine Derived from Cannabis

Paul Marini | June 27, 2018

Washington, DC — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a drug that contains an active ingredient derived from the cannabis plant. The drug, Epidiolex, an oral solution containing cannabidiol (CBD), will be the first and only FDA-approved CBD...

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Cannabis: A Different Kind Of Treatment

Paul Marini | June 22, 2018

This blog post is crossposted from the Releaf App website. Thanks to the results from recently-permitted scientific studies and the untiring work of cannabis activist groups, more and more people are beginning to accept that cannabis is a successful form...

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Five Things All New Medical Cannabis Patients Should Know

Paul Marini | June 22, 2018

Although there are medical cannabis programs of some kind in 47 states, DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico, medical cannabis still remains a mystery to the vast majority of Americans today. Using medical cannabis is an approach that is supported by...

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