ASA Weekly Alert 1/23/2009

| January 26, 2009 |

1. Days After Obama is sworn in, DEA Exploits Transition; Raids Dispensary The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raided a medical cannabis dispensary Thursday in South Lake Tahoe in the first days of the new Obama Administration. Even though President Obama...

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CA Weekly Alert 1/19/2009

| January 19, 2009 |

1. San Deigo and San Bernardino Appeal ID Cards to US Supreme Court After three consecutive losses in court, San Diego and San Bernardino Counties sent yet another petition to the US Supreme Court, asking to quit their state-mandated obligation...

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Advocates Decry DEA Obstruction to Medical Marijuana Research - Obama Can and Should Regain an Adherence to Scientific Principles

| January 12, 2009 |

Only days before President Bush is to leave office, his administration has dealt yet another blow to scientific integrity by refusing to implement the recommendations of DEA Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner and open up the production of cannabis...

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reason.tv Video Update on Charles Lynch Trial

| July 31, 2008 |

Last month, reason.tv released a video about Charles Lynch and one of the patients he served before being raided by the DEA. Now that the trial has gotten underway, reason.tv has released a video update on the trial. Check it...

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ASA Video Testimonial - 3rd Installment

| April 07, 2008 |

Welcome to the latest installment of ASA’s video testimonial project. As many of you may remember, the video testimonial project has been designed to help educate people about medical cannabis by having patients and supporters share their stories. This project...

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ASA Video Testimonial- 2nd Installment

| March 31, 2008 |

Welcome to the latest installment of ASA's video testimonial project. As many of you may remember, the video testimonial project has been designed to help educate people about medical cannabis by having patients and supporters share their stories. This project...

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California Weekly Round Up

| March 28, 2008 |

Senate Health Committee Votes to Move SJR 20 Forward From ASA's Chief of Staff, Rebecca Saltman The Senate Health Committee showed their commitment to safe access for patients this Wednesday by approving the resolution calling on an end to federal...

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CA committee calls for an end to DEA raids, but prosecutions continue

| March 27, 2008 |

Yesterday was a historic day for the medical marijuana movement. SJR 20, a resolution that calls for an end to DEA attacks on California’s medical cannabis patients and providers, cleared the California Senate Health Committee.Unsurprisingly, the votes came down on...

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Obama: "I'm not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state [medical marijuana] laws."

| March 26, 2008 |

I was heartened to hear last Saturday words that cut right through the federal war on medical marijuana patients by one of the likeliest candidates to be our next U.S. President. In an interview with Mail Tribune of Oregon, Barack...

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ASA Introduces New Video Testimonials

| March 25, 2008 |

Watch 3 Medical Cannabis Supporters Share Their Stories As the National Field Coordinator for ASA I meet patients, medical professionals, caregivers, and people from all walks of life on a daily basis. When meeting people new to the movement I...

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