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 [...]
By Lauren Payne | January 9, 2013 What does “safe access” to medical marijuana mean, anyway? To patients as a whole, it means being provided access to convenient, reliable, affordable medicine. The specifics of safe access are where things get a little murkier. Some patients enjoy safe access through their local collective or dispensary; some [...]
By Law Enforcement Against Prohibition In a historic night for drug law reformers on Tuesday, Colorado and Washington passed measures legalizing and regulating marijuana, Massachusetts became the 18th state to allow medical marijuana, and six localities voted to modernize policies on marijuana. “Because of the victories in all of these places, we awakened this morning [...]
By Nate Bradley | August 11, 2011 For Oakland residents who want marijuana policies that protect public safety and secure access for medical marijuana patients, it is the best of times and the worst of times. It just depends on which Oakland you live in. The life of a medical marijuana patient in Oakland County, [...]
By Kris Hermes | Published in Americans for Safe Access At a press conference earlier today in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was peppered with questions about medical marijuana. This is understandable, given that a month ago U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha sent a letter to Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee and other state officials threatening: [...]
My name is Diane Goldstein. I’m a mom and former police officer, I wanted to take a minute to tell you about how I’ve come to realize that marijuana prohibition is an unwise fiscal policy and makes our communities less safe – and why the Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform’s efforts to end marijuana prohibition [...]
“When the law is unjust, the law should be broken” Ernesto “Che” Guevara By Sam Sabzehzar When the laws of the land (including a lack of law that would otherwise protect individuals or minority groups) would infringe on the rights that would ultimately be granted to a group of people, be it the right to [...]
By Monica Mercer | Published in Patch.com Shrill laughter by card-carrying medical marijuana users as well as concerns over the state’s medical marijuana law emanated Monday night from the tiny studios of CMNtv, proving the issue of medical marijuana in Michigan remains as divisive as ever. The law was the focus of the local access cable [...]
Patient advocates protest re-election fundraiser in SF & call for comprehensive medical marijuana policy San Francisco, CA — The patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) issued a report card today giving President Obama a failing grade for his record on medical marijuana. The report card highlights broken promises, half-measures, and a general failure [...]
By Sarah Qamar | Published in The Holland Sentinal Greener pastures are in sight for medical marijuana growers wanting expert advice on how to raise healthy plants. Inquiries on how to cultivate the plant have increased slightly in the past few years, Michigan State University Extension experts say. MSU-E, which is mainly involved in more [...]
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