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The Hazards of Untested Products

Paul Marini | August 23, 2019

Recent news articles have shed light on a new problem that is being attributed to vape pens. The CDC has stated that “all reported cases have e-cigarette product use or ‘vaping.’” but that some patients have also acknowledged use of...

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How Does Your State Rate for Medical Marijuana in 2019?

Paul Marini | August 15, 2019

By David Downs for Leafly Sorry, Texas. The world’s leading medical cannabis patient advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), reports that residents of the Pacific island territory of Guam have better options to treat chronic pain and other ailments...

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Do People Move to Access Legal Marijuana? Yes — Meet 'Medical Refugees.'

Paul Marini | August 14, 2019

By Juliet Bennet Rylah for Weedmaps News According to American Medical Refugees board member Sebastien Cotte, the organization helped about 400 families in some way midway through 2018, up from about 150 two years earlier, according to media reports. These families had...

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Arizona Gets C- Grade on ASA’s 2019 National Cannabis Report Card

Paul Marini | August 14, 2019

By Dan Kingston for Arizona Marijuana News Every year, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), a national nonprofit promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research, produces a report that grades the legislative and regulatory aspects of...

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Lack of Patient Protection Gets Colorado a "B" Grade in Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | August 12, 2019

By Thomas Mitchell for Westword Despite new laws allowing easier access to medical marijuana, Colorado couldn't improve its B grade in an annual report card from a national cannabis advocacy organization. Each year since 2015, Americans for Safe Access has issued a...

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Michigan’s Cannabis Program Receives B+ In National Ranking

Paul Marini | August 12, 2019

By Rick Thompson for Weed News Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has issued its 2018-2019 State of the States report card for cannabis programs in the United States and Michigan’s ranking remains steady with a B+ grade. The group issues...

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This pro-cannabis group issued its latest report card. Here’s N.J.'s grade.

Paul Marini | August 09, 2019

By Jonathan D. Salant for NJ.com New Jersey, about to embark on an expansion of medical marijuana, received higher marks this year than in the past from a group that supports access to cannabis for medical use. Americans for Safe Access gave...

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ASA Unveils 2019 Report Cards For U.S. Medical Cannabis Programs

Paul Marini | August 09, 2019

By Johnny Green for Weed News Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released its 2019 report card titled, “2019 State of the States Report: An Analysis of Medical Cannabis Access in the United States” in conjunction with the start of...

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Cannabis Legalization Leaders Weigh 2019’s Wins and Losses

Paul Marini | August 08, 2019

By Max Savage Levenson for Leafly “What surprises me the most is when people only care about what’s happening in their own state. We’re a national organization. But what we’ve noticed is that about a year after a law has...

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How to Buy CBD

Paul Marini | August 07, 2019

By Lisa Esposito for US News & World Report Scrutinize the label. You need to know precisely what's within the container. Having this information speaks to the product's purity, quality, consistency and safe use. All this should all appear on...

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