Press Releases

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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Memo to Congress: DEA Dumped the “Gateway-Theory” Due To Science

Steph Sherer | February 23, 2017

Americans for Safe Access Urges Members of Congress to Stop Using False Information About Marijuana Washington, DC — Today, Americans for Safe Access, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring safe and legal access to medical cannabis for therapeutic use and...

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DEA Removes Marijuana Misinformation from Website After Months of Public, Legal Pressure

Paul Marini | February 13, 2017

Americans for Safe Access Says Not Good Enough, Still in Violation of IQA WASHINGTON DC — After months of public pressure, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has removed factually inaccurate information from its website. The change comes after Americans for...

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Over 100,000 Demand DEA Stop Disseminating False Information About Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | January 18, 2017

WASHINGTON, DC — Over 100,000 people have signed an Americans for Safe Access petition on Change.org demanding that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) stop disseminating false information about medical cannabis immediately and ensure that all of their future information on...

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Americans for Safe Access Responds to Senator Jeff Sessions' Attorney General Confirmation Hearing

Paul Marini | January 10, 2017

Medical cannabis organization expresses concern about Senator Jeff Sessions’ drug enforcement policy plans Washington, DC — Today, confirmation hearings began for attorney general nominee, Senator Jeff Sessions. During the hearing, Sessions was questioned about medical marijuana by Senators Patrick Leahy...

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70,000 Demand DEA Stop Disseminating Blatantly False Information About Medical Marijuana

Paul Marini | January 05, 2017

In a new petition from Americans for Safe Access and Change.org, over 70,000 people and counting, are calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration to stop disseminating false information about medical cannabis immediately and ensure that any future information about medical...

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ASA and TheAnswerPage Launch New Program to Educate Doctors and Patients on Medical Cannabis

Paul Marini | December 15, 2016

Washington, DC — Today, Americans for Safe Access, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring safe and legal access to medical cannabis for therapeutic use and research, and TheAnswerPage, an international resource for providing accredited continuing medical education since 1998, launched...

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Medical Marijuana Policy Roadmap Released by Americans for Safe Access

Paul Marini | December 08, 2016

Report Suggests Solutions for State and Federal Cannabis Law Conflicts, President Obama, and Congress WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) released a briefing book —“Medical Cannabis in America”— calling on Congress and the Obama Administration to end...

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