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ASA Activist Newsletter - Dec 2012

Paul Marini | December 06, 2012

Volume 7, Issue 12

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Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials To Fight Federal Subpoena for Records

Paul Marini | December 03, 2012

Ukiah, CA -- The Mendocino Board of Supervisors and County Counsel Thomas Parker are scheduled to meet in a closed-door session Tuesday to discuss a pending federal subpoena for records held by the Sheriff's now-defunct medical marijuana cultivation program, County...

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Massachusetts becomes the 18th medical marijuana state; now comes the difficult work of implementation

Paul Marini | November 28, 2012

Earlier this month, an overwhelming sixty-three percent of Massachusetts voters approved Ballot Question 3 and, in so doing, became the country’s 18th state to pass a medical marijuana law. Massachusetts is now the latest in a growing number of states...

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Upcoming Town Hall Meeting in D.C. will Educate Prospective Patients on District Medical Marijuana Program

Paul Marini | November 27, 2012

Washington, D.C. -- District voters overwhelmingly passed the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative nearly 15 years ago in 1998, but after passing several hurdles the law will finally go into effect early next year, only weeks away. In...

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Feds Continue to Undermine Mendocino's Local Law by Violating Patient Privacy

Paul Marini | November 26, 2012

It wasn’t enough for the Justice Department to conduct aggressive raids on state-compliant cultivators in Mendocino County in 2010 and 2011, then earlier this year threaten local officials with litigation if the highly successful cultivation program continued. Now, according to...

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Congressional Medical Cannabis Champions Win Big in Reelection & Senate Bids

Paul Marini | November 09, 2012

One of the least reported stories coming out of this year's Election Day results was the strong showing that medical cannabis champions had in their reelection bids this year. Even better for medical cannabis patients, 2013 will mark the first...

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Medical Marijuana Advocates Take Fight to DC

Paul Marini | November 08, 2012

As the Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access, it’s my privilege to meet and facilitate the work of medical cannabis advocates throughout the nation. In the week before yesterday’s election, I drove all over Arkansas, visiting counties to drop...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - NOVEMBER 2012

Paul Marini | November 01, 2012

Volume 7, Issue 11

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'Superstring Theory' Co-founder Admonishes Federal Government for Ignoring Sound Science on Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | November 01, 2012

Washington, D.C. -- Taking his first public political stance, Dr. John Schwarz, co-founder of 'Superstring Theory' and a Theoretical Physics professor at California Institute of Technology, published a commentary piece today in the Huffington Post, urging the federal government to...

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California Medical Association Calls on Governor Brown to Urge for Marijuana's Reclassification

Paul Marini | October 31, 2012

More than two weeks ago, with less fanfare than it deserved, the California Medical Association (CMA) voted to urge Governor Brown to petition the federal government to reclassify marijuana for medical use. Notably, the vote occurred two days ahead of...

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