Maryland Legislator Fights for Patients’ Right to Cultivate Paul Marini | February 25, 2011 Aimed at establishing the right for patients to reliably and affordably obtain medical marijuana, Maryland House Deputy Majority Whip Delegate Cheryl Glenn (D-Baltimore) introduced an amendment today to a proposed bill to ensure that patients have the right to cultivate... Read more
Excerpt from Boot Camp: Realizing the Vision Paul Marini | February 24, 2011 [caption id="attachment_1288" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Activist Boot Camp in LA"][/caption]This is an excerpt from the openning chapter of the 200-page workbook from ASA's Activist Boot Camp. The next nationwide events will be Marh 19-20. look for local announcements.--- from "The Medical... Read more
Activist Boot Camp Paul Marini | February 16, 2011 This weekend, patients and advocates in more than twenty cities and nine different states will participate in ASA’s National Call to Action: Activist Boot Camp, the nation’s first virtual skills-building conference for medical cannabis activists. The Activist Boot Camp is... Read more
Trouble in Montana Paul Marini | February 13, 2011 Medical cannabis patients and advocates all over the country should be paying attention to what is happening in Montana right now. The House of Representatives voted to repeal the state’s medical cannabis law on Thursday. If the Senate follows suit,... Read more
Activists Outweigh Lobbyists Paul Marini | February 10, 2011 According to a survey of congressional staffers published last week by the Congressional Management Foundation, Members of Congress are more likely to be swayed by concerned citizens who visit, write or call their offices than by the efforts of paid... Read more
Melissa Etheridge picks ASA Paul Marini | February 10, 2011 Singer, songwriter, and medical cannabis patient Melissa Etheridge picked Americans for Safe Access (ASA) to be her charity partner in promoting a groundbreaking new documentary about women and breast cancer. You can pick ASA to receive 10% of the proceeds... Read more
Has the Federal Government Changed Its Policy on Medical Marijuana Enforcement or Just Changed Its Reasons for Continued Interference? Paul Marini | February 03, 2011 It would appear that raids by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in medical marijuana states have declined since President Obama’s Justice Department issued its infamous memorandum in October 2009. But, in fact, raids have continued at an alarming pace. For... Read more
SB 129 – Stop Workplace Discrimination Paul Marini | January 30, 2011 [caption id="attachment_1222" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="CA Senator Mark Leno"][/caption]Employers in California can fire a legal medical cannabis patient, even if he or she does not use medicine in the workplace or come to work impaired. Patients facing termination or random drug... Read more
Steph Sherer on Patient Privacy in the Huffington Post Paul Marini | January 27, 2011 ASA Executive Director Steph Sherer talks about the priority of medical cannabis patient privacy in state regulations. Read what she has to say about the proposed regulations in Colorado in "Patient Privacy Should be at the Heart of Medical Marijuana... Read more
Montel Williams in LA Paul Marini | January 22, 2011 Talk show host and medical cannabis patient Montel Williams told the Los Angeles City Council on Friday that an amendment to the city’s Medical Cannabis Ordinance (MCO) establishing a lottery to select one hundred patients’ collectives will do little to... Read more