Patient advocates respond with Sacramento press conference, during a lobby day for statewide regulations with a coalition of patient advocates, labor and industry, and other stakeholders By Kris Hermes | Published in Americans for Safe Access The California Supreme Court ruled today in the case City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center that local [...]
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“Federally-regulated Marijuana research must be implemented…” Senator Carolyn Allen (R-AZ) By Sam Sabzehzar | Americans for Scientific Freedom Watch Dr. Sisley discuss how medical marijuana may help symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Calling it a disorder is about as accurate as the scheduling of cannabis in the CSA, especially when it is war-related. [...]
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53-year-old transplant patient Jerry Duval recently received a federal surrender order to serve out 10-year sentence By Kris Hermes | April 15, 2013 Late last week, 53-year-old Michigan medical marijuana patient Jerry Duval received a Justice Department order to surrender to federal authorities on June 11th to begin serving a 10-year prison sentence at the [...]
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Published by The Brookings Institute Stuart Taylor, Jr. examines how the federal government and the eighteen states (plus the District of Columbia) that have partially legalized medical or recreational marijuana or both since 1996 can be true to their respective laws, and can agree on how to enforce them wisely while avoiding federal-state clashes that [...]
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Order a copy of the DVD Today! By Steph Sherer | Executive Director, Americans for Safe Access Americans for Safe Access first ever National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference was a huge success! More than 250 patients, advocates, and others from thirty-four states met in Washington, DC, for three days of education, strategy, and skills building, [...]
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By O. Kay Henderson | Published in Radio Iowa A bill under consideration at the statehouse stipulates that only the legislature has the authority to allow marijuana to be used for medical purposes. Representative Jarad Klein, a Republican from Keota, urged members of the House to vote for the bill. “I believe this is an [...]
Patient plaintiffs argue that federal appeals panel has set unreasonable standard for medical efficacy By Kris Hermes | Published in SafeAccessNow.org Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed a petition with the federal court of appeals today in a widely watched case that seeks to reclassify marijuana for medical use. Plaintiffs [...]
By Major Neill Franklin | A Message From L.E.A.P So much has been said in recent months on the subject of gun violence, but in the midst of this heated debate, one obvious solution to rampant gun violence has often been downplayed or overlooked: ending drug prohibition. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition’s speakers and supporters represent the [...]
By Charles Billi | Published in WTSP.com You may not know the name Cathy Jordan, but you will soon. Jordan is the woman at the center of the battle to legalize medical marijuana in Florida. She suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease and she grows and smokes marijuana to help alleviate her pain. Ironically, police raided [...]
By Hunter Hollman | Published in Americans for Safe Access One of ASA’s Board Members, Dr. Karen Munkacy, is working hard on making sure that implementation of Massachusetts’ medical cannabis program goes smoothly. Of course, Massachusetts scored a huge victory for safe access when they passed their initiative last November, but few people understand that [...]
