Pages tagged "California Weekly Roundup"

Medical cannabis news and events from around the state

| July 27, 2015 |

Join me for another live Google Hangout tomorrow night at 8:00 PM PT. We will be talking about what pending medical cannabis legislation does and does not mean for patients and providers in California. You can be a part of he conversation...

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California Weekly Roundup: July 20, 2015

| July 20, 2015 |

Mark your calendar now for the next live Google Hangout, The Truth About Medical Cannabis: Regulations in California, on Tuesday, July 28, at 8:00 PM. Get all the federal, state, and local medical cannabis news for California... plus events, court support,...

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Medical cannabis news and events from around the state

| July 13, 2015 |

The California legislative calendar is filling up, as lawmakers get ready for the summer recess on July 17. Four medical cannabis bills had committee hearings last week, and there are four more scheduled for this week. Lawmakers seem determined to...

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Medical cannabis news and events from around the state

| July 06, 2015 |

This may be your last chance to email Governor Brown and ask him to sign the Medical Cannabis Organ Transplant Act (AB 258). Patients who legally use medical cannabis in California are routinely denied a place on the national organ...

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Federal progress, more scrutiny, & raids in CA all call for sensible medical cannabis regulations

| June 29, 2015 |

Federal momentum behind medical cannabis reform continues to build. Last week, the White House lifted bureaucratic hurdles to scientific research. But with progress comes more scrutiny. One national study spotlighted serious inconsistencies in the way edibles are labeled for potency...

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Tell Governor Brown to Sign AB 258

| June 22, 2015 |

ASA expects the California Senate to approve AB 258, the Medical Cannabis Organ Transplant Act, some time today. This ASA-sponsored legislation will prohibit discrimination against medical cannabis patients in the organ transplant process. The bill goes next to the Governor,...

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Support AB 258 in the California Senate

| June 15, 2015 |

Hundreds of medical cannabis patients and advocates will be visiting the state Capitol this afternoon to talk with lawmakers about medical cannabis legislation. One of the most important bills on the table is AB 258, the Medical Cannabis Organ Transplant...

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Lobby day next week, live Google Hangout tomorrow, and the petition for AB 258 today…

| June 08, 2015 |

The California Citizen Lobby Day is just one week away! That means it is time for you to get signed up on the event web page at http://CaliforniaCitizenLobbyDay.org/register using your home address, so that we have time to schedule a meeting for you...

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Medical cannabis news and events form around California

| May 25, 2015 |

Voters legalized medical cannabis in California when they approved the Compassionate Use Act (Proposition 215) in 1996.  That was a milestone for patients, but only the beginning of a long campaign to fully implement medical cannabis laws at he local...

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Medical cannabis news and events form around California

| May 18, 2015 |

ASA believes that good public policy is created when those who are most affected by laws and regulations have a seat at the table. That is why it is so important that California lawmakers hear your voice this year –...

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