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Oregon Officials: What's in it for us?

Paul Marini | June 14, 2011

On June 3, Oregon officials were told by local US Attorney Dwight Holton & several other law enforcement agencies including District Attorneys and Sheriffs' offices that Medical Cannabis Dispensaries "will not be tolerated."  State officials continue to hide behind the...

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Imperial Beach to Ban Collective Cultivation; City Council Refuses to Implement State’s Medical Marijuana Laws

Paul Marini | June 13, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich and Marcus BoydImperial Beach, CA - On June 15, 2011 at 7pm, the Imperial Beach City Council will discuss and vote to enact an outright ban on medical marijuana dispensaries and all collective cultivation efforts in the...

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Another Bad Employment Law Decision

Paul Marini | June 09, 2011

         In an 8-1 decision, a third state supreme court -- in this case, the Washington Supreme Court -- issued a negative decision regarding the employment rights of medical marijuana patients.  In Jane Roe v. TeleTech Customer Care Management, LLC, the...

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B-Real and I talk about the Spring Gathering

Paul Marini | June 09, 2011

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) volunteers will be screening medical cannabis patients for the designated smoking area at the Spring Gathering Music Festival & Medical Marijuana Exposition this Saturday in San Bernardino. ASA invites members and friends to enjoy the...

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Tough year in Sacramento

Paul Marini | June 06, 2011

This is shaping up as a tough year for medical cannabis in Sacramento. California Senators failed to vote on a bill by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) that would have protected legal medical cannabis patients from employment discrimination. Americans for...

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Patient Advocates Urge AG Holder to Clarify Federal Medical Cannabis Policy

Paul Marini | June 06, 2011

Americans for Safe Access is mobilizing its base to seek specific clarification from Holder regarding the Ogden memo and the Department of Justice policy related to medical cannabis. Holder made comments at a press conference in Providence, Rhode Island on...

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First Permitted Medical Marijuana Coop to Open in San Diego County Unincorporated Area

Paul Marini | June 05, 2011

By: Eugene Davidovich Mother Earth’s Alternative Healing Cooperative Inc, the first medical marijuana dispensing center officially permitted by San Diego County and in full compliance with the County Ordinance adopted almost a year ago, will open its doors in July...

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Delay on SB 129 means more time to build support

Paul Marini | June 03, 2011

[caption id="attachment_1540" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="CA Senator Mark Leno"][/caption]Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has been working since 2006 to protect medical cannabis patients from workplace discrimination. We represented medical cannabis patient Gary Ross in his appeal to the California Supreme Court...

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AG Holder: DOJ is Working to “Clarify” Federal Position on Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | June 02, 2011

        At a press conference earlier today in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was peppered with questions about medical marijuana. This is understandable, given that a month ago U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha sent a letter to Rhode Island...

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Vermont Joins List of States Licensing Safe Access to Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | June 02, 2011

Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill today that would license multiple medical cannabis distribution facilities in Vermont. Patients and advocates wildly applauded the governor’s action for two main reasons: It recognizes the need for patients to have health care options,...

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