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Is Medical Cannabis The Cure To Our Opioid Epidemic?

Paul Marini | May 02, 2017

For CBS Miami “When we look at tools to combat the opioid crisis, I think it’s amazing that medical cannabis is a tool we can use. At the heart of all of our challenges is the fact that the federal government...

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Themes Emerging from the 2017 Americans for Safe Access Unity Conference

Paul Marini | April 28, 2017

By Chloe Detrick for Ganjapreneur “I feel that ASA is only going to continue growing as more and more states begin introducing legalization efforts. We are going to continue to get involved with state governments and assist them in ensuring...

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What Does a Government Shutdown Mean for Medical Cannabis?

Paul Marini | April 25, 2017

If you have seen the news lately, you know that the possibility of a government shutdown is looming. Without any action, government funding ends at midnight on Friday April 28th, meaning that all non-essential government operations and agencies are suspended...

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Orrick Stokes DEA Over Alleged Marijuana Misstatements

Paul Marini | April 24, 2017

By Marcia Coyle for The National Law Journal A team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, representing the medical marijuana advocate Americans for Safe Access, isn’t holding its breath for federal drug enforcement officials to erase their alleged misstatements about the...

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Medicinal Cannabis Treatments Coming, Experts Say

Paul Marini | April 24, 2017

Larger-scale research, better regulation needed By Ryan Basen for Medpage Today WASHINGTON -- Medicinal cannabis industry officials and scholars here touted potential breakthroughs to treat health problems and questioned why cannabidiol (CBD) is not mandatory for athletes to address traumatic...

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Ohio rules for medical pot growers bring access questions

Paul Marini | April 24, 2017

By the Associated Press for Fox 8 Cleveland “The most genuine answer that anyone can give about Ohio’s program is that this has never been done before, so we don’t know if it will work, or serve patients. So patients...

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The Science of Medical Cannabis

Paul Marini | April 21, 2017

Thousands will be gathering tomorrow across the country for the March for Science, a march and rally in support of scientific fact trumping science fiction in our government and among our elected officials.

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Marijuana industry braces for clash with Trump administration

Paul Marini | April 13, 2017

By Mary Paige Nesfeder for Fox News “I think that we have a lot of new champions this year that I think are really going to push this issue and end the federal conflict once and for all,” - Steph Sherer...

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Unity 2017 a Success!

Paul Marini | April 12, 2017

Yesterday, over 100 medical cannabis patient advocates from 32 states descended on Capitol Hill with a mission:to convince their members of Congress to support medical cannabis legislation like the CARERS Act. With help from ASA staff, advocates were scheduled for...

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Maryland Finally Moving Forward on Access to Medical Cannabis

Paul Marini | April 12, 2017

This week began with a significant move of progress, as the state of Maryland finally opened its patient registry for medical cannabis. Although the state legislature passed a medical cannabis program in 2013, delays and setbacks have postponed the implementation...

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