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ACTION ALERT: Don't let Congress block the progress of the DC Medical Cannabis Program

Paul Marini | June 24, 2014

Right now, some members of Congress are considering offering an amendment that could completely undermine safe access to medical marijuana in the District of Columbia. The assault on safe access is a double whammy against D.C. patients because they have...

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San Diego's Higher Love Cooperative Sentenced to Summary Probation for Manufacturing Medical Marijuana Concentrates

Paul Marini | June 24, 2014

San Diego, CA – Three medical cannabis patient defendants were sentenced on felony manufacturing and possession charges after butane canisters and hash oil were discovered in their home - the friends were free to go yesterday when the judge sentenced them...

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Historic Senate Pot Vote Imminent

Paul Marini | June 23, 2014

David Downs, San Francisco Chronicle Advocacy groups like the Drug Policy Alliance, Marijuana Policy Project, and Americans for Safe Access are urging citizens to contact their Senator today as a historic vote on de-funding the war on weed nears.

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The so-called Kettle Falls Five continue to face possible prison time

Paul Marini | June 23, 2014

Steven Nelson, U.S. News & World Report Attorney General Eric Holder swooped into Spokane, Washington, without public notice Friday to visit with federal prosecutors, but his trip didn’t immediately benefit a group of indicted medical marijuana patients nicknamed the Kettle...

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ASA CA Weekly Roundup: June 23, 2014

Paul Marini | June 23, 2014

Contents: Message from the CA Director California & National News Public Meetings & Events Court Support Take Action Now ASA Website Spotlight: Are You Facing State or Federal Charges? ASA Chapter & Affiliate Meetings Message from the CA Director The...

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A similar measure to curb errant DOJ enforcement won an historic 219-189 vote in the House last month

Paul Marini | June 19, 2014

Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced today their plan to introduce a budget amendment to curb Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement in medical marijuana states that has resulted in numerous, costly federal prosecutions,...

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U.S. Senate to vote on defunding DOJ attacks on medical marijuana

Paul Marini | June 19, 2014

Jake Ellison, Seattle Post Intelligencer A top Republican and Democrat in the U.S. Senate have submitted an amendment to a budget bill that would restrict the Department of Justice (which prosecutes arrests made by the DEA) from using any funds...

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Fairfax, Frederick moms lobby feds for medical marijuana for kids with epilepsy

Paul Marini | June 19, 2014

Tom Jakcman, Washington Post Beth Collins of Fairfax, one of two Northern Virginia mothers who have moved to Colorado to obtain medical marijuana oil for her daughter with epilepsy, is continuing the effort by mothers across the country to make...

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Medi-Pot Rules Advance in Assembly

Paul Marini | June 18, 2014

David Downs, East Bay Express California’s first statewide regulations on medical marijuana inched toward becoming law yesterday. The California Assembly’s Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee passed state Senator Lou Correa’s SB 1262 on a 10-2 vote Tuesday.

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Leading From the Front: The Legacy of Jim Greig (1951-2014)

Steph Sherer | June 17, 2014

Steph Sherer, Huffington Post (Op-Ed) As the Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access (ASA), I usually reserve this space for medical cannabis policy, but today I am writing as an organizer, a student, and a friend who is mourning. 

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