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Veterans Equal Access Amendment Nearly Passes in Milestone Congressional Medical Marijuana Vote

Paul Marini | May 01, 2014

Yesterday, Congress narrowly defeated an amendment to the House Military Construction & Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies Appropriations Act (HR 4486) by a vote of 195-222. The "Veterans Equal Access Amendment," offered by Reps. Blumenauer (D-OR), Farr (D-CA), and Rohrabacher (R-CA)...

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Pot reformers see change on the horizon after close 222-195 vote in House of Representatives

Paul Marini | May 01, 2014

Steven Nelson, US News & World Report A conservative congressman representing rural southwest Virginia has emerged as an unlikely champion of rolling back federal marijuana prohibition.

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Vote Could Lift Ban on VHA Doctors Recommending Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | April 30, 2014

Washington, D.C. -- Veterans will be able to get recommendations to use medical cannabis from Veterans Health Administration (VHA) physicians if an amendment expected to be offered this evening passes. The VHA currently prohibits its medical providers from issuing the...

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Balk receives ASA award

Paul Marini | April 30, 2014

Portage Daily Register Bunny Balk, chairwoman for the Wisconsin Chapter of Americans for Safe Access, received a distinguished award during the second annual National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference in Washington, D.C., this month.

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Case involving alleged entrapment techniques by police against registered Michigan caregiver sets new record for attendance in Berrien County Courthouse

Paul Marini | April 30, 2014

ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN - Michigan’s medical marijuana community showed strong support for a defendant in the tiny west Michigan town of St. Joseph by bringing 60 people to the Berrien County Courthouse on April 25. The effort was organized by...

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CA AB 2500 defeated

Paul Marini | April 29, 2014

ASA Members helped stop another bad bill in the state legislature today! An Assembly committee just rejected a measure that would have made it a crime to drive with even a tiny amount medical cannabis in your blood (AB 2500). This...

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California medical cannabis patients are increasingly being forced to hide behind closed doors as bans on dispensaries and home cultivation sweep through the East Bay

Paul Marini | April 29, 2014

David Downs, East Bay Express The pain started for Randy Barrett when he was thirteen years old. He was whipping a three-wheeled motorcycle around the hills of Martinez. Back then, riding ATVs was "just part of life," he said. "This...

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Five Washington state residents may be tried in federal court for possessing and cultivating marijuana -- a substance that is completely legal in their state

Paul Marini | April 29, 2014

Katie Rucke, MintPress News Next month, five Washington state residents are expected to be tried in federal court for cultivation and possession of marijuana, a substance that is completely legal in their state.

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ASA California Roundup: April 28, 2014

Paul Marini | April 28, 2014

Contents:Message from the CA Director - A busy week for medical cannabis in the California legislatureCalifornia News Regulations are good for patients (California) State Senate panel advances medical marijuana regulations (California) Medical Association won't back medical pot bill because of...

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Regulations are good for patients

Paul Marini | April 25, 2014

Voters in California adopted the county’s first medical cannabis law in 1996, but the state has lagged behind in implementing it. The Medical Marijuana Program Act (SB 420), adopted by the legislature in 2003, recognized cooperative and collective patients’ associations,...

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