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US House Reauthorizes Rohrabacher-Farr With Record Support for Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | June 03, 2015

In a historic day for federal medical marijuana reform, the US House of Representatives voted today 242 to 186 in favor of reauthorizing the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment, which prohibits the Department of Justice from interfering with state medical marijuana programs and...

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House Vote Would Continue Prohibition on Federal Interference in State-Level Medical Marijuana Programs in 39 States

Paul Marini | June 03, 2015

Washington, DC-  The United States House of Representatives voted to reauthorize the Rohrabacher-Farr medical cannabis (marijuana) amendment to the Commerce, Science, and Justice (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2015 by a margin of 242 to 186. The Rohrabacher-Farr medical...

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Seattle’s Proposed License for Dispensaries Sparks Debate

Paul Marini | June 03, 2015

By Cassandra Dowell Marijuana Investor News News of proposed legislation to bring Seattle’s unregulated medical marijuana industry into the fold of the recreational marijuana market has divided some of the city’s marijuana advocates, with some saying the legislation will only hurt...

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Trickle of marijuana patients reveals stigma, supporters say

Paul Marini | June 03, 2015

By Carla K. Johnson The Associated Press CHICAGO – Supporters of Illinois' medical marijuana program are trying to inspire interest among patients by hosting an educational event, even as the latest official count shows a tapering-off in the number of...

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Dozens rally against medical marijuana raids

Paul Marini | June 02, 2015

by Meghan Morelli Up North Live OTSEGO CO. -- Medical marijuana supporters protested in Gaylord Monday, following a raid on more than a dozen dispensaries and homes last week in Otsego County and the surrounding area. Protest organizers say they’re upset about...

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Demand Congress Support the 2015 CJS Medical Marijuana Amendment!

Paul Marini | June 01, 2015

The US House of Representatives is expected to vote tomorrow to reauthorize the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment to the Commerce, Science, and Justice (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2015. Last year Congress voted 218-189 to cut off funding for federal medical cannabis raids, arrests, and prosecutions...

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Raid in South lake Tahoe

Paul Marini | June 01, 2015

CORRECTION --- We are relieved to learn that two separate reports of federal involvement in a raid at a medical cannabis collective in South Lake Tahoe yesterday were inaccurate. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department and local law enforcement raided Tahoe...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - June 2015

Paul Marini | June 01, 2015

In this Issue Growing Congressional Support for Medical Cannabis Texas Governor Signs Limited CBD-Only Bill Puerto Rico Gov. Orders Medical Cannabis Start Louisiana Poised to OK Limited Medical Cannabis Bill Florida Court Clears Way for Cultivation Licenses Oregon Senate Sends...

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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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