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Only two weeks left until the California Citizen Lobby Day in Sacramento!

Paul Marini | June 01, 2015

You have a chance to shape the future of medical cannabis in California in just two weeks. That’s when hundreds of patients and advocates will be in Sacramento to talk with their lawmakers about more than a dozen bills touching almost...

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Medical Marijuana Opponents Gut The Case That Marijuana Isn’t Medicine.

Paul Marini | May 29, 2015

If today is any indication it seems likely that denying the science of medical marijuana is such an untenable position that even organizations that have been dedicated to opposing medical marijuana patient access aren’t completely up for the fight. Yesterday medical marijuana patient...

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Learn How to Overcome Challenges in Cannabis Potency Testing

Paul Marini | May 28, 2015

Want to learn how to overcome challenges in cannabis potency testing?  Then join us June 23rd from 1:00 – 2:00pm ET for our online webinar on “Improving Analysis of Edibles, Topicals, and Related Products using Flash Chromatography”. The legalization of medical...

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Get registered for the biggest and most important medical cannabis lobby day yet

Paul Marini | May 27, 2015

I want to invite you to get registered for the California Citizen Lobby Day on June 15 in Sacramento. Our fourth annual medical cannabis lobby day will be the biggest and most important one yet. We need hundreds of patients, advocates, industry...

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A Memorial Day Surprise for Veterans

Paul Marini | May 26, 2015

The US Senate Committee on Appropriations voted to add the Veterans Equal Access Amendment (VEAA) to the 2016 budget for the Veterans Administration (VA). This landmark amendment would end the current gag order that prevents VA doctors from recommending or even...

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SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR VETERANS

Paul Marini | May 26, 2015

By Thomas Mitchell Westword Congress can't seem to get the veterans hospital in Aurora straightened out, but a Senate Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to a Veterans Affairs funding bill yesterday that would allow Veterans Health Administration doctors to recommend...

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Medical cannabis news and events form around California

Paul Marini | May 25, 2015

Voters legalized medical cannabis in California when they approved the Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215) in 1996.  That was a milestone for patients, but only the beginning of a long campaign to fully implement medical cannabis laws at he local...

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Medical Cannabis Advocates Applaud Bipartisan Vote on SB 3

Paul Marini | May 22, 2015

Last week, the Pennsylvania Senate passed SB 3, a legislative proposal that would create a functional medical cannabis program in the state. Sen. Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) and Sen. Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery) co-sponsored the legislation and built up bipartisan support that...

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Veterans Equal Access Amendment Would Allow Veterans Administration Physicians To Recommend Medical Cannabis

Paul Marini | May 21, 2015

In a landslide vote, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations voted to the add the Veterans Equal Access Amendment (VEAA) to the FY2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilConVA) Appropriations bill, which sets the budget for the Veterans Administration (VA)....

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Veterans Equal Access Amendment Would Allow Veterans Administration Physicians To Recommend Medical Cannabis

Paul Marini | May 21, 2015

Washington, DC - In a landslide vote, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations voted to the add the Veterans Equal Access Amendment (VEAA) to the FY2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilConVA) Appropriations bill, which sets the budget for the...

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