Pages tagged "Americans for Safe Access (ASA)"

Regulate Pot, Don’t Prosecute It

| June 04, 2013 |

It seems that area law enforcement has not yet learned the value of working WITH the local community.Thursday's raid on The Greener Side, a medical marijuana resource center, can hardly be considered a top priority. With law enforcement services severely cut across the state,...

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CA Senate approves regulation bill

| May 20, 2013 |

Sen. Darrell SteinbergThe California Senate approved SB 439 on Monday. The bill, which is co-authored by Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) clarifies the scope of protections offered by the state’s medical cannabis laws...

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CA Supreme Court ruling puts the ball in our court

| May 10, 2013 |

The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that medical cannabis dispensaries are legal under state law, but cities and counties can still ban them. The decision in City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center is disappointing,...

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Activist Spotlight: Bunny Hethcox, Columbus, Wisconsin

| May 08, 2013 |

Bunny Hethcox is a 54-year-old mother of two and grandmother of six. A real estate broker for 17 years, Bunny taught her kids drugs were bad. But Bunny also suffers from fibromyalgia, PTSD, depression and anxiety, and one day while...

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Why I'm Attending the California Summit

| May 01, 2013 |

I am so excited to be attending the ASA California Medical Cannabis Policy Summit and Lobby Day this weekend.  The event last year was absolutely brilliant.  Steph and the Sacramento ASA Chapter did an outstanding job organizing the event, and...

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Off to the U.S. Supreme Court We Go

| April 25, 2013 |

Sadly, but not unexpectedly, last week the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for rehearing filed be Americans for Safe Access in ASA v. DEA. After more than a decade of legal wrangling with...

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SB 289 means trouble for legal patients

| April 23, 2013 |

California Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) has proposed a bill that would turn most of the state’s legal medical cannabis patients into criminals. SB 289 will make it a crime to drive with any amount of a controlled substance in...

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Patient Advocates Seek Changes to Draft Regulations for Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Law

| April 22, 2013 |

Patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed recommended amendments today to draft regulations which were issued last month by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) in order to implement Question 3, the state’s new medical marijuana law....

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Why I am Going to Sacramento

| April 09, 2013 |

Nothing happens in the state legislature just because it should. Sometimes laws get passed because those with a financial interest in the outcome influence lawmakers. In some cases, political favors get traded to get something done. And all too often,...

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Unfortunately, Maryland Did NOT Become the 19th Medical Marijuana State

| April 08, 2013 |

When the Maryland Senate voted earlier today to approve HB 1101 today, it failed to become the 19th medical cannabis (marijuana) state. In spite of the bill's comendable intentions, it remains highly flawed. Some have touted the HB 1101 approach...

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