Compassionate Idaho is Now a Chapter of ASA Paul Marini | June 06, 2013 We have Exciting news to share!! Compassionate Idaho is now a chapter of Americans For Safe Access (ASA)! This is exciting for us for a number of reasons but it is an honor to be a chapter of such a... Read more
Regulate Pot, Don’t Prosecute It Paul Marini | June 04, 2013 It seems that area law enforcement has not yet learned the value of working WITH the local community.Thursday's raid on The Greener Side, a medical marijuana resource center, can hardly be considered a top priority. With law enforcement services severely cut across the state,... Read more
AB 473 falls short in California Assembly Paul Marini | June 02, 2013 Tom AmmianoThe California Assembly rejected AB 473 on Friday. The 35-37 vote means the effort by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-SF) to regulate commercial medical cannabis activity in the state will not move on to the Senate. Friday was the last... Read more
CA Senate approves regulation bill Paul Marini | May 20, 2013 Sen. Darrell SteinbergThe California Senate approved SB 439 on Monday. The bill, which is co-authored by Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) clarifies the scope of protections offered by the state’s medical cannabis laws... Read more
CA Supreme Court ruling puts the ball in our court Paul Marini | May 10, 2013 The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that medical cannabis dispensaries are legal under state law, but cities and counties can still ban them. The decision in City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center is disappointing,... Read more
Activist Spotlight: Bunny Hethcox, Columbus, Wisconsin Paul Marini | May 08, 2013 Bunny Hethcox is a 54-year-old mother of two and grandmother of six. A real estate broker for 17 years, Bunny taught her kids drugs were bad. But Bunny also suffers from fibromyalgia, PTSD, depression and anxiety, and one day while... Read more
Kal Penn of "Harold & Kumar" off-base for defending Obama attacks in medical marijuana states Paul Marini | May 03, 2013 Last week, Kal Penn, who plays Kumar in the “stoner” film franchise Harold & Kumar, spoke to Huffington Post Live about President Obama’s marijuana policies. During the April 26th interview, Penn defended recent Justice Department attacks on dispensaries in medical... Read more
Why I'm Attending the California Summit Paul Marini | May 01, 2013 I am so excited to be attending the ASA California Medical Cannabis Policy Summit and Lobby Day this weekend. The event last year was absolutely brilliant. Steph and the Sacramento ASA Chapter did an outstanding job organizing the event, and... Read more
Off to the U.S. Supreme Court We Go Paul Marini | April 25, 2013 Sadly, but not unexpectedly, last week the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for rehearing filed be Americans for Safe Access in ASA v. DEA. After more than a decade of legal wrangling with... Read more
SB 289 means trouble for legal patients Paul Marini | April 23, 2013 California Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) has proposed a bill that would turn most of the state’s legal medical cannabis patients into criminals. SB 289 will make it a crime to drive with any amount of a controlled substance in... Read more