Americans for Safe Access Mobilizes Advocates to Urge VA Secretary to Allow VA Doctors to Recommend Cannabis

| March 16, 2021 |

Washington, DC --  Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is mobilizing advocates as part of it’s Biden-Harris Can Do It: No Patient Left Behind campaign to contact Secretary Denis McDonough of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to allow VA physicians...

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Americans for Safe Access Launches 100 Days of Medical Cannabis Advocacy

| March 02, 2021 |

Washington, DC -- Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) launched its Biden-Harris Can Do It: No Patient Left Behind campaign to seize the first 100 days of the new Biden- Harris administration as an opportunity to influence medical cannabis policies...

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Americans for Safe Access Applauds Senate Passage of the Cannabidiol (CBD) and Marihuana Research Expansion Act

| December 16, 2020 |

Washington, DC -- Last night, the U.S. Senate passed unanimously by voice vote the Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act (S. 2032). This marks the first time that a cannabis reform bill has passed the Senate.  This bill combines two...

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Americans for Safe Access Applauds House Passage of the Medical Marijuana Research Act

| December 10, 2020 |

Washington, DC -- Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a voice vote HR 3797, the  Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Andy Harris (R-MD). 

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The U.S. House Passes MORE Act; ASA Helps Secure Veterans’ Language in Bill

| December 04, 2020 |

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE Act), or  HR 3884, which was introduced by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) on July 23, 2019. The vote was historic, with the House voting for...

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United Nations Considers Cannabis as Medicine; Removes Cannabis from Schedule In Historic Decision

| December 02, 2020 |

Removing from Schedule IV Will Have Far Reaching Impact on Medical Cannabis Patients Around the World Washington, DC -- Today, a historic decision by the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was made when it adopted the World Health Organization’s...

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The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs May Consider Removing Cannabis from Schedule IV on Dec. 2

| December 01, 2020 |

ASA Urges the U.S. to Adopt the World Health Organization’s Recommendations  Washington, DC -- On December 2, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will meet in Vienna, Austria and may consider adopting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendations...

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Americans for Safe Access Join Forces with Leaf411 on Medical Cannabis Affordability Program

| October 23, 2020 |

Washington, DC -- Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the leading advocacy organization working to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis (marijuana) for therapeutic use and research, and Leaf411, a premiere nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education and directional support to...

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CannaSafe Analytics Achieves Dual PFC Certification

| October 09, 2020 |

Washington, DC -- We are pleased to announce that CannaSafe Analytics of Van Nuys, CA has been certified for laboratory analysis of cannabis products under our PFC laboratory certification program. They also become the first facility in the country to...

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Viridis Labs Achieves Dual PFC/ISO 17025 Certification

| September 17, 2020 |

Washington, DC -- Viridis Laboratories of Lansing, MI has been certified for laboratory analysis of cannabis products under our dual PFC/ISO 17025 laboratory accreditation program in partnership with the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). PFC is the only nonprofit third-party certification program for the...

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