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Are The 2016 Candidates Afraid Of Marijuana?

Paul Marini | July 10, 2014

Colin Campbell, Business Insider Polls show the vast majority of the public - around 86%, according to a January 2014 CBS poll - supports medical marijuana legalization and a slight majority favors outright legalization for recreational use. However, though a...

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Maine’s Medical Marijuana Program Named Best In U.S.

Paul Marini | July 09, 2014

Rob Poindexter, WABI TV-5 According to a new report released by Americans For Safe Access, Maine’s medical marijuana program is the best in the country.

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Big news about the CA Citizen Lobby Day on August 4

Paul Marini | July 09, 2014

I have some exciting news to share with you about ASA’s CA Citizen Lobby Day on Monday, August 4, in Sacramento, and I want to hear from you about legislation that will affect medical cannabis patients and others for years...

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San Diego Sheriff’s Cheerfully Release Truckload of Medical Cannabis Evidence to SocalPURE Cooperative

Paul Marini | July 08, 2014

San Diego, CA - Many years from now, if I ever have the occasion to single out my most telling turning point in the undoing of medical marijuana prohibition in my town, it might be today.  Not because an important memo...

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New report calls Maine’s medical marijuana program the nation’s best

Paul Marini | July 08, 2014

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News A new report released by the industry trade group Americans For Safe Access gave Maine’s medical marijuana program the highest score out of 35 states with some kind of medical cannabis law.

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Everything Wrong With Cuomo's Medical Marijuana Law

Paul Marini | July 08, 2014

Christopher Robbins, Gothamist Far from the "historic step" lauded by politicians who were cowed into submission by their self-aggrandizing chief executive, New York's medical marijuana law is a deeply flawed piece of legislation that puts Governor Cuomo's political aspirations ahead...

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New York latest to become a medicinal marijuana state

Paul Marini | July 08, 2014

Mike Cannon, Tech Times New York is now the 23rd state to make marijuana legally available to those who require it to treat a medical condition. Doctors can prescribe marijuana in a nonsmokable form to patients with illnesses on a...

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New York’s Medical Marijuana Program Gets an ‘F+’ Grade

Paul Marini | July 08, 2014

David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle Bay Area-based advocacy group Americans for Safe Access is grading the medical marijuana programs of different states on how well they serve patients, and they’re ready to kill the buzz on New York becoming a...

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ASA Issues Medical Cannabis State Report Card in Effort to Improve Programs for Patients

Paul Marini | July 08, 2014

With Monday's signing of New York's medical cannabis law, there are now 23 states with comprehensive medical cannabis access programs for patient's living in those states, but the rights of legally recognized medical cannabis patients and their ability to access...

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New York's law receives an "F+" grade in a new report evaluating medical marijuana laws in the U.S. released today

Paul Marini | July 07, 2014

Albany, NY -- Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law today that makes New York the 23rd medical marijuana state. Patient advocates celebrated a deal struck last month between Gov. Cuomo and the state legislature that will protect qualified...

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