The Final Barriers to Initiate a Cannabis Rescheduling Hearing May Have Just Been Removed Paul Marini | January 13, 2017 New Report Suggests That We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny the Benefits and Risks of Cannabis Use January 12th, 2017- The National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering issued a cautious report on the health effects of cannabis. The authors... Read more
Make Sure Jeff Sessions Respects Patients Paul Marini | January 09, 2017 A new President is about to take office, and we need to make sure we continue to move forward, not backward, on medical cannabis reform, in this administration. On Tuesday, January 10, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin... Read more
New Year's Resolutions for the Medical Cannabis Movement Paul Marini | January 04, 2017 2017 is here! It is a new year and a new chance to make great things happen. The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to think about new goals and how to achieve them. Here at ASA,... Read more
We have a plan that includes YOU! Paul Marini | December 30, 2016 Let me be frank: the next administration could be disastrous to the movement for safe and legal access. The current federal “cease fire” on medical cannabis is based on two historic developments: a memo from the Department of Justice (DOJ)... Read more
ASA Members Move International Rescheduling Process Forward Paul Marini | December 26, 2016 Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has just learned that the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) decided to move forward with a process that may reclassify medical cannabis under international law. The debate about medical cannabis at... Read more
ASA’s Gift Ideas That Won’t Get Re-Gifted! Paul Marini | December 23, 2016 Christmas is almost here! If you are like me you are probably in a mad rush to finish decorating the tree and get those last minute gifts. ASA can help you complete your gift lists and your stocking stuffers without... Read more
Obama, Instruct the DEA to Tell the Truth About Cannabis Paul Marini | December 22, 2016 Did you know that it is illegal for federal agencies to distribute false information? Well it is, and the DEA has been doing just that with information regarding medical cannabis. So, last week, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), represented by... Read more
New Program Launched to Educate Doctors and Patients on Medical Cannabis Paul Marini | December 15, 2016 Today, ASA and TheAnswerPage, an international resource for providing accredited continuing medical education since 1998, launched the Cannabis Care Certification (CCC) program. CCC is an online program designed to provide quality information about medical cannabis to individuals who are starting... Read more
HealthCanada Recommends Keeping Medical and Adult-use Cannabis Programs Separate Paul Marini | December 13, 2016 Today, HealthCanada issued a report with several recommendations for how the country can implement an adult-use (recreational) cannabis program. One of the recommendations is that Canada should maintain a separate program for medical cannabis patients rather than merge the medical program... Read more
Congress Votes to Extend Rohrabacher-Farr Through April Paul Marini | December 12, 2016 On Friday, the U.S. Senate approved H.R. 2028, a continuing resolution that will fund the federal government through April 28, 2017. The House approved the bill earlier on Thursday. The continuing resolution includes the Rohrabacher-Farr language from last year's Department of Justice's... Read more