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Voters in Arkansas, Massachusetts, and Montana to Decide on Safe Access

Paul Marini | October 31, 2012

On Election Day this year, voters may bring about the 18th and 19th medical cannabis states and preserve safe access in an existing medical cannabis state. Arkansas' Issue 5 and Massachusetts's' Question 3 would bring about a regulated medical cannabis...

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Medical Marijuana Advocates Launch New Election-Based Website: VoteMedicalMarijuana.org

Paul Marini | October 25, 2012

Washington, D.C. -- The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) launched a new website today -- VoteMedicalMarijuana.org -- that provides patients and their supporters with the tools they need to make informed decisions about the candidates in...

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A big win for ASA in San Diego

Paul Marini | October 24, 2012

California’s 4th District Court of Appeal overturned the conviction of San Diego medical cannabis provider Jovan Jackson today. The decision in People v. Jackson recognizes the right of medical cannabis dispensaries to exist and provide medicine to patient-members.  The decision...

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Unanimous Landmark Appellate Decision Issued in San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case

Paul Marini | October 24, 2012

San Diego, CA -- The Fourth District Court of Appeal for California issued a unanimous published ruling today in a landmark medical marijuana case that reverses the conviction of a San Diego dispensary operator, Jovan Jackson, convicted in September 2010...

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Honoring Medical Cannabis Warriors

Paul Marini | October 23, 2012

  ASA v DEA plaintiffs (l-r) Michael Krawitz, Bill Britt, and Cathy Jordan receive the Courage Award from ASA.On Tuesday evening, October 16th, Americans for Safe Access celebrated our 10th anniversary - and patients' day in court - with an...

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Medical Marijuana Advocates File Brief with D.C. Circuit Alleging Federal Policy Harmful to Patients

Paul Marini | October 23, 2012

Washington, D.C. -- Less than a week after oral arguments in the landmark federal case to reclassify marijuana for medical use, the plaintiffs filed an additional brief late yesterday at the request of the court. In the case Americans for...

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DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Landmark Federal Medical Marijuana Case

Paul Marini | October 17, 2012

      Just hours after the U.S. Court of Appeal for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in the federal landmark case Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, the court ordered supplemental briefing on the issue of “standing.” In a...

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Appeals Court hears case on medical value of marijuana

Paul Marini | October 16, 2012

This morning, the federal Appeals Court for the DC Circuit heard an appeal in the case called Americans for Safe Access v Drug Enforcement Administration. The case is an appeal of the DEA's rejection of a petition filed in 2002...

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Landmark Federal Medical Marijuana Hearing Today in the D.C. Circuit

Paul Marini | October 16, 2012

Washington, D.C. -- For the first time in nearly 20 years, advocates will use scientific evidence of marijuana's medical efficacy to try to force a change in the federal government's classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical...

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Meet the Plaintiffs of ASA v DEA

Paul Marini | October 15, 2012

Tomorrow morning, the United States Court of Appeals in Washington DC will hear oral arguments in the landmark case, Americans for Safe Access v Drug Enforcement Administration. The case argues that the Drug Enforcement Administration acted irrationally in ruling that...

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