Patient Advocates File Appeal Brief in Federal Case to Reclassify Medical Marijuana Paul Marini | January 26, 2012 Washington, DC -- The country's leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), filed an appeal brief today in the D.C. Circuit to compel the federal government to reclassify marijuana for medical use. In July 2011, the federal... Read more
California Supreme Court Grants Review of Controversial Medical Marijuana Cases Paul Marini | January 18, 2012 Sacramento, CA -- The California Supreme Court issued an order today indicating its intent to review two controversial medical marijuana cases that have resulted in the suspension of several local dispensary ordinances across the state. As a result of today's... Read more
Maryland House Delegate Introduces Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Bill Paul Marini | January 11, 2012 Annapolis, MD -- Maryland House Delegate Cheryl Glenn (D-Baltimore) introduced a comprehensive medical marijuana bill today that would replace a bill passed last year as a stop-gap measure while the state appointed a workgroup to further study the issue. Del.... Read more
Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group Launches First iPhone Application of Its Kind Paul Marini | December 21, 2011 Oakland, CA -- The country's largest grassroots medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), launched a first-of-its-kind, free iPhone application today that will provide a vast array of tools for people new to the issue as well as... Read more
Advocates, Local Officials Urge Supreme Court to Review Long Beach Medical Marijuana Case Paul Marini | December 13, 2011 San Francisco, CA -- A coalition of advocates and public officials filed an amicus 'friend of the court' brief yesterday, asking the California Supreme Court to take the appeal of Pack v. City of Long Beach, a controversial decision from... Read more
Bi-Coastal Governors Petition Federal Government to Reclassify Marijuana for Medical Use Paul Marini | November 30, 2011 Olympia, WA -- Governors Christine Gregoire (D-WA) and Lincoln Chafee (I-RI) announced at a press conference today that they were jointly filing a federal petition to reclassify marijuana for medical use. Under the Controlled Substances Act, the federal government considers... Read more
Medical Marijuana Advocates Appeal Conviction of San Diego Dispensary Operator Paul Marini | November 22, 2011 San Diego, CA -- Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) today appealed the September 2010 conviction of San Diego dispensary operator Jovan Jackson in a case that has received widespread attention. The case against Jackson has... Read more
Cedars-Sinai Denying Transplant to Medical Marijuana Patient with Inoperable Liver Cancer Paul Marini | November 17, 2011 Los Angeles, CA -- Sixty-three year-old medical marijuana patient Norman B. Smith was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer in 2009 and sought treatment from the internationally lauded Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Smith's oncologist at Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Steven Miles,... Read more
Medical Marijuana Patients, Supporters Rally in Sacramento Against DOJ Attacks Paul Marini | November 07, 2011 Sacramento, CA -- Americans for Safe Access (ASA) and a coalition of advocacy and labor groups are staging a demonstration at Noon on Wednesday, November 9th to protest federal government's escalated attack on California's medical marijuana laws. A lively rally... Read more
Patient Advocates Sue Obama Justice Department Over Medical Marijuana Crackdown Paul Marini | October 27, 2011 San Francisco, CA -- Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country's largest medical marijuana advocacy organization, filed suit in federal court today challenging the Obama Administration's attempt to subvert local and state medical marijuana laws in California. ASA argues in... Read more