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... Read more
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... Read more
Americans for Safe Access ISO 17065 Accreditation: THE STANDARD FOR CERTIFICATION BODIES Steph Sherer | April 20, 2021 Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has created the medical cannabis market through the crafting and monitoring of legislation and regulations at all levels of government. As a patient advocacy organization, product safety has been a top priority since our inception... Read more
Check out ASA's April Newsletter! William Dolphin | April 16, 2021 Check out ASA's April 2021 newsletter for the agenda for the upcoming Unity conference and info on more than 30 amazing speakers. Registration for Unity is sliding scale, so everyone has a chance to participate. You'll also find news and links... Read more
Patients Deserve a Federal Overhaul on Medical Cannabis Andrew Coon | April 15, 2021 In 1970, President Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act, which updated and consolidated previously scattered narcotics legislation to form the federal guidelines on controlled substances used to this day. Cannabis was listed as a Schedule I substance, a category for... Read more
Biden Administration Must Address Health Equity in Federal Housing Andrew Coon | April 13, 2021 Since winning election in November, the Biden-Harris administration has been silent on the issue of federal medical cannabis reform. Rather than following through on campaign trail promises to support state medical cannabis programs and medical cannabis equity issues, patients have... Read more
Cannabis is My Lifesaver Eryck Stamper | April 09, 2021 Eryck Stamper retired from the US Navy in 2013 as a decorated Senior Chief Petty Officer. After a few jobs in the Maryland Park Service and government contracting, he found his way into the cannabis industry as a budtender. He... Read more
Be there for veterans Jose Belen | April 06, 2021 Jose Belen is a native of Amsterdam, New York. At 19, he enlisted in the army and deployed to Iraq in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was honorably discharged in 2005 and eventually settled in Florida where he started... Read more
ASA Announces Unity 2021 Speakers Geoffrey Marshall | April 01, 2021 We’re excited to announce our first round of featured speakers for the 9th Annual National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference April 29-30! View the full agenda, speaker profiles and register to attend! Read more
Social Spaces for Members at Unity 2021 Geoffrey Marshall | March 31, 2021 One of our major goals for our 2021 National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference is to bring the social and community aspects of past Unity conferences forward into a virtual conference. We want Unity 2021 to be a place for patients,... Read more