New DEA Raids on Medical Marijuana Caregivers Stir Protests Paul Marini | February 12, 2005 Breaking News Advisory: December 12, 2005 Read more
Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group Urges HHS Nominee Michael Leavitt Act on Marijuana Petitions with Fairness, Accuracy, and Speed Paul Marini | December 13, 2004 BERKELEY -- The following is a statement on the nomination of Michael Leavitt as New Health and Human Services Secretary by Steph Sherer, executive director, Americans for Safe Access: "We urge the next secretary of HHS to bring the weight... Read more
Patient Sues Emeryville for Losing His Medical Marijuana Paul Marini | December 09, 2004 EMERYVILLE – James Blair, a spinal injury patient arrested on marijuana cultivation charges a year ago, marked the anniversary of the incident today by suing the City of Emeryville and the Emeryville Police Department. Assisted by the patient advocacy group,... Read more
HHS Stalls on Medical Marijuana Decision Paul Marini | December 08, 2004 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has met the deadline for response to a medical marijuana advocacy organization’s petition calling for corrections to "scientifically flawed statements" contained in the HHS review of the Marijuana Rescheduling petition of 1995... Read more
Medical Marijuana Activists Looking Beyond Supreme Court Paul Marini | November 26, 2004 Washington, D.C. – In the most-watched case before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, two California women will argue Monday that the federal government does not have the right to punish them for using the medical marijuana their doctors recommend... Read more
Medical Marijuana Protest Today at Health and Human Services Paul Marini | October 05, 2004 (Washington, D.C.) – Patients and doctors are converging today at 10:15am on the steps of Health and Human Services, demanding the government admit that marijuana has medical uses and stop blocking access. Read more
Government Must Correct Medical Marijuana Misinformation, Petition Says Paul Marini | September 29, 2004 Press Conference Noon Monday with Doctors and Patients at the National Press Club Read more
Protests Wednesday Noon in SF, Sacto over DEA Raids Paul Marini | September 04, 2004 ROSEVILLE – Federal agents descended on the foothill town of Roseville yesterday to raid one of the Sacramento area’s only licensed medical marijuana dispensaries. Local advocates are calling for noon protests Wednesday at the federal buildings in Sacramento and San... Read more
Bryan Epis is FREE! Paul Marini | August 09, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO (Monday, August 9, 2004) – Bryan James Epis, 37, the first medical marijuana patient convicted in federal court after the passage of California’s Proposition 215, walked out of federal prison in Long Beach at approximately 4:00pm today, thanks... Read more
How Drug War Targets Most Vulnerable, Topic of Boston Meetings Paul Marini | July 23, 2004 BOSTON – How America’s Drug War has become an attack on our country’s most disadvantaged is the topic of two talks to be delivered by the Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access. Steph Sherer, a medical marijuana patient, noted... Read more