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Michelle Herman, Needham, Massachusetts

William Dolphin | June 01, 2021

Already the mother of a young son, Michelle Herman was excited to discover she was pregnant with a girl. She’d had a girl’s name, “Zoey,” picked out since she was 13. She had no way to know that her daughter...

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Check out ASA's May Newsletter!

Geoffrey Marshall | May 25, 2021

The May 2021 ASA Activist Newsletter is now out. Our lead story addresses the ISO 17065 Accreditation of our PFC program and explains why PFC becoming the first cannabis certification body to have achieved this matters so much. You will...

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ASA Activist Newsletter - May 2021

William Dolphin | May 21, 2021

In the May 2021 Issue Americans for Safe Access Achieves ISO 17065 Accreditation Video of ASA’s 2021 Unity Conference Available Online Federal Agencies Take Steps to Aid Cannabis Research House Passes SAFE Banking, Key Bills Reintroduced Alabama Lawmakers Enact Medical...

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Michigan woman denied chronic pain medication due to cannabis use

Geoffrey Marshall | May 21, 2021

By Larry Gabriel for the Detroit Metro Times "Unfortunately, your doctor can fire you and deny your medicine. Unfortunately, it's a policy that's prevalent, and it affects a lot of people." - Brandy Zink, chairperson of the Michigan Chapter of Americans...

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Congratulations to ASA's 2021 Award Winners

Geoffrey Marshall | May 17, 2021

We recently concluded our 9th Annual National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference. One of our favorite parts of Unity is where we get to honor the individuals and groups that made major contributions to medical cannabis over the previous year. These awardees...

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Philippe Lucas PhD, Victoria, Canada

William Dolphin | May 01, 2021

When Philippe Lucas got a hepatitis C diagnosis as a college student in 1995 he could not have imagined it would put him on a path to becoming a groundbreaking patient advocate and being named ASA’s 2021 Cannabis Researcher of...

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Unity 2021 No Patient Left Behind

Geoffrey Marshall | April 29, 2021

April 29-30, 2021  

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Americans for Safe Access Accredited to ISO 17065

Geoffrey Marshall | April 27, 2021

By Cannabis Industry Journal Staff for Cannabis Industry Journal Late last week, the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) granted ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation to Americans for Safe Access (ASA). This is the first accreditation ever issued to a product certification body in...

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MEDICAL CANNABIS PATIENTS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, ADVOCATES, AND INDUSTRY LEADERS CONVERGE ONLINE FOR 9th ANNUAL NATIONAL MEDICAL CANNABIS UNITY CONFERENCE

Reenal Doshi | April 26, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC — On April 28 and 29 of this year, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will hold its 9th annual National Medical Cannabis Unity conference. For the last 8 years, ASA has brought together medical cannabis patients, caregivers, veterans, advocates,...

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Americans for Safe Access Becomes First and Only Accredited Cannabis Standard Setting Body

Reenal Doshi | April 20, 2021

ASA’s Product Safety Certification Program, PFC, Internationally Recognized Washington, DC —  American’s for Safe Access has achieved accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17065:2012 (Certificate #5284.01) standard for certifying bodies through their PFC Program. PFC is the first and only compliance program...

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