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Lunch & Learn Episode 6: Is Cannabis' "Accepted Medical Use" Political?

Steph Sherer | March 12, 2025

While Schedule III may seem like a large deviation from the recommendations provided by HHS and DEA in 2016, outright dismissing the finding of HHS and DOJ, “currently accepted medical use” does not take into account the enormity of the...

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WHY ASA MEMBERS ARE GOING TO ALBANY ON MARCH 11, 2025

Oleg Maryasis | March 06, 2025

By Nikki Lawley & Oleg Maryasis, MS Medical cannabis patients in New York face unnecessary financial and accessibility barriers that limit their ability to receive the care they need. On March 11, 2025, we invite patients, advocates, healthcare professionals, and...

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ASA's Medical Cannabis Awareness Week Playlist

Steph Sherer | February 15, 2025

Feb 15-22, 2025, is Medical Cannabis Awareness Week! This is a time for medical cannabis advocates to better educate themselves and their communities about all things medical cannabis. We have created this playlist to highlight some of the resources we...

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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: Episode 5

Steph Sherer | February 12, 2025

How to Participate in Medical Cannabis Awareness Week Medical Cannabis Awareness Week is an opportunity to educate and alert your network about the challenges facing medical cannabis patients and ways they can get involved. Tune in & learn how you...

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Lunch & Learn-Episode 4

Steph Sherer | February 06, 2025

Offensive Strategies for Medical Cannabis Policy in the 119th Congress Key milestones achieved by the medical cannabis movement in the last few years and the shake-up in D.C. following the 2024 elections could mean a national medical cannabis program is...

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I am Alive Thanks to Cannabis and ASA – Join Me to Keep the Fight Alive too!

Ellen and Stu Smith | February 01, 2025

As a co-director of Cannabis Advocacy for the US Pain Foundation and a medical cannabis patient living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, I can’t imagine continuing the fight for my rights without the leadership and support of Americans for Safe Access.

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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: Episode 3

Steph Sherer | January 30, 2025

Playing Defense in the 119th Congress  The 2024 Elections shook up leadership in the administration and in Congress, putting a cohort of anti-cannabis representatives in positions that could significantly impact gains to patient access from medical cannabis programs and hemp...

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Put Patients First! Take Action in ASA's 100 Days Campaign

Steph Sherer | January 24, 2025

WELCOME TO ASA’S FIRST 100 DAYS CAMPAIGN! The first 100 days of the 47th Administration and 119th Congress will set policy priorities that impact millions of patients across America. From the economy to housing and public health, these decisions will...

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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series- Episode 2

Steph Sherer | January 23, 2025

How to get involved with ASA's First 100 Days Campaign Policy priorities will be set in the first 100 days of the 47th Administration and 119th Congress for the upcoming year. From the economy to housing and public health, these...

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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series- Episode #1

Steph Sherer | January 15, 2025

  DEA Postponed Rescheduling Hearing, What Just Happened? Join ASA staff as we dive into the new ruling to postpone the DEA hearings, what it means for the current rescheduling process, and where we go from here.  Watch on YouTube:...

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