Press Releases

Opioid Commision Delays Action

Paul Marini | July 17, 2017

Washington D.C. — A meeting scheduled by the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis for this afternoon has been postponed until July 31, 2017. This is the second time the Commission has moved a meeting or...

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International Laboratory Certification Program Offers Free Services for Laboratories To Help Address Opioid Epidemic

Paul Marini | July 13, 2017

Free medical cannabis laboratory assessments offered in an effort to help decrease opioid use and associated fatalities. Washington, DC – Across the nation, opioid-related deaths and fatalities are decreasing in states that have medical cannabis programs, but the benefits are...

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Medical Cannabis Advocates Call on Trump Administration to Use all Tools Available to Fight Opiate Crisis

Paul Marini | June 16, 2017

Americans for Safe Access Submits Comments at Trump’s first official meeting to address drug addiction, opioid abuse WASHINGTON, DC — Today, June 16th, Governor Chris Christie (NJ) will chair the first meeting of the President’s commision on Drug Addiction and...

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Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced With New Sponsors, Improved Chance for Passage; Advocates Praise Legislation As ‘Critical’

Paul Marini | June 15, 2017

Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect the States Bipartisan (CARERS) Act Introduced with Senators Booker, Lee, Paul, Murkowski, Gillibrand, and Franken WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senator Rand Paul...

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International Cannabis Standards Committee Launched by ASTM and APHA

Paul Marini | June 12, 2017

Americans for Safe Access’ (ASA) Patient Focused Certification standards for medical marijuana accepted as foundational recommendationsLast week, global standards organization ASTM International and the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) announced that they will develop standards for the cannabis industry. Under the...

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Physicians, Patients, Members of Americans for Safe Access Rally to Protect Access to Medical Cannabis in Maryland

Paul Marini | June 02, 2017

Baltimore, MD — On Friday, June 2nd,  physicians, cannabis industry professionals, and members of Americans for Safe Access will rally to protect patient access to medical cannabis throughout Maryland State. After more than four years since its legalization, medical cannabis...

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Safe Access Tennessee Launches Grassroots Patient Membership Groups

Paul Marini | June 01, 2017

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE -- Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the nation’s largest patient-focused medical cannabis advocacy organization, is pleased to announce new membership opportunities for medical cannabis patient advocates in Tennessee. 

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Approval of the First Medical Cannabis Grow Operation in Maryland Granted to Patient Focused Certified Company

Paul Marini | May 24, 2017

Last week, Maryland regulators issued the first license to grow medical cannabis in Maryland to ForwardGro, a company with a 1-acre greenhouse located in Anne Arundel County. This decision comes more than four years after Maryland first approved a medical...

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Medical Marijuana Group Responds to AG Sessions Comments

Paul Marini | March 15, 2017

WASHINGTON DC -- Earlier today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions told reporters that “I think medical marijuana has been hyped, maybe too much.” In reaction to Sessions’ comments, Steph Sherer, executive director of Americans for Safe Access, a national nonprofit dedicated...

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NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA REPORT: Americans for Safe Access Cites Widespread Improvement in State Marijuana Laws Nationwide

Paul Marini | March 10, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) released their annual report, Medical Marijuana Access in the United States: A Patient-Focused Analysis of the Patchwork of State Laws, in which U.S. states are assigned letter grades based on how...

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