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...
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...
Access to medical marijuana continues to expand as more and more states embrace the healing power of the herb. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of...
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...
This past January, newly-elected Mayor Bob Filner, announced plans to stop the crackdown on medical marijuana in San Diego. Mayor Filner began working on a proposal to...
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...
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner recently proposed an ordinance to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in commercial and industrial areas for a $5,000 yearly permit fee...
Patient advocates pleased with implementation process and potential of final regulations The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) issued draft regulations today to begin implementation of the...
Dennis and Deborah Little are a retired couple in their mid-sixties who decided to obtain doctor recommendations to grow and use their own medical cannabis to fight...
In August 2012, I published an article based on my PhD research in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine which documented symptom relief and health-related quality of life in...
This one day seminar will focus on medical cannabis law, science, and advocacy, featuring two expert attorneys, a doctor and a registered nurse. The experts will discuss...
Patient plaintiffs argue that federal appeals panel has set unreasonable standard for medical efficacy Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed a petition...
013 Jovan Jackson a medical cannabis patient, Navy veteran, and former operator of Answerdam, a medical marijuana collective in San Diego, was in court yesterday to learn...
Dennis and Deborah Little are a retired couple dealing with life-threatening illnesses who became medical cannabis patients and sought cover under California’s voter approved Proposition 215, the...
Change.org Petition to remove Laura Duffy as US Attorney for Southern District Laura E. Duffy was sworn in as the Presidentially-appointed United States Attorney for the Southern...
013 Father of ‘Superstring Theory’ Dr. John Schwarz to headline conference featuring scientists, medical and legal experts, policymakers The country’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for...
I spent the last three years working as an Executive Legislative Assistant to a ranking budget chair in the Washington State Legislature, so it should come as...
Join patients, advocates, and concerned citizens on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 10am at San Diego City Hall: 202 C St., San Diego, CA 92101. That day,...
American’s for Safe Access (ASA) opened the eyes of this thirty-three year law enforcement veteran. Caught in the whirlpool of drug prohibition policy, prohibitionist law enforcement folks...
Bipartisan group of Congressional members seek to reclassify marijuana for medical use, allow for ‘fair’ trials More than a dozen Members of Congress co-introduced legislation today that...
