ASA Sponsors receive discounts on business services, educational programs, advertising and marketing opportunities, and publications and events.

 

ASA Website Exposure

As an ASA sponsor, your company logo and a brief description of your company will be listed on our Sponsor and Partners Page. By Bumping Up your sponsorship to the Advocacy Galvanizer level, you can also have your logo displayed on every page of our website! 

 

ASA PR and Social Media

With over 150,000 members, supporters, and followers, and over 1,000,000 impressions a year, we have a multitude of ways we can reach out to a large consumer base to highlight your company, including: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, email, Medical Cannabis Brief, reports, patient guides, state chapters, webinars, special events, podcasts, and monthly newsletters.

 

ASA’s Blog

Looking for a way to share information to a large audience, blogs are the perfect way for consumers to find and engage with your company. Within your blog, you can share information on topics that your target audience may want to read or learn about. Blog posts are also shared on all of ASA’s social media channels as well as in our monthly newsletter. 

 

ASA Unity Conference

For the last 10 years, the National Medical Cannabis Unity conference has brought together hundreds of patients, caregivers, scientists, medical and legal professionals, and industry experts from all over the country to learn about the latest in cannabis research and policy. As a sponsor you will receive your company logo on program guides, conference website and marketing materials for the conference. Learn more about past Unity conferences.  

 

Patient Focused Certification and Training Program

Save money training your staff! Utilize the sponsorship discounts to enroll your entire staff in our Patient Focused Certification (PFC) training program. The PFC training program prepares individuals to understand state and local regulations and to learn required safety and operational protocols, while teaching them the basics of cannabis as medicine and common therapeutic uses of cannabis. PFC trainings are available online in Cultivation, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Laboratory. Learn more at: www.PatientFocusedCertification.org/training.

If you are looking for a way for your company to stand out, ASA’s PFC certification program utilizes the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) recommendations for botanical products, good agricultural (collection) practices (GAP), good manufacturing practices (GMP), and good laboratory practices (GLP) to thoroughly evaluate a business for compliance. PFC is available to companies cultivating, manufacturing, or distributing cannabis and hemp products, as well as to laboratories providing cannabis analytic services. Learn more at: www.PatientFocusedCertification.org.

 

Cannabis Care Certification

Looking for some easily digestible education for yourself, staff, or friends?  ASA partnered with The Answer Page, to help medical professionals, patients, and caregivers better understand the endocannabinoid system and cannabis therapeutics. CCC can help companies meet state requirements for patient medical cannabis education and physicians meet CME requirements. Utilize the sponsorship discounts to enroll your staff, or get an unlimited amount of access with a special code you can give out to your customers to supply them with free education! 

 

State of the States Report

Get your brand associated with the most comprehensive and reliable report on the status of medical cannabis laws in the US. ASA’s Annual State of the States report evaluates the effectiveness of each state cannabis program from a patient perspective in over 100 categories, including barriers to access, civil protections, affordability, health, and social equity, and product safety as well as penalties for harmful policies.

ASA distributes the report each year to state legislators and regulators in every state, as well as hundreds of health organizations and patient organizations. The report also offers solutions for improvement to programs including legislative and regulatory language. Since its first edition in 2014, advocates and state legislators have utilized ASA’s SOS report to pass new legislation and regulations to improve laws.  

 

Advertising opportunities

With over 150,000 members, supporters, and followers, and over 1,000,000 impressions a year, we have a multitude of ways you can advertise your brands and services.  Advertisement opportunities include: Conference Programs, Monthly Newsletter, Webinars, Podcasts, Reports, Patient guides, Webinars, and Special Events.

 

For more information contact please contact ASA’s Executive Director Debbie Churgai.