Posts Tagged 'ASA'

Medical marijuana advocates want drug reclassified | Politics | The Seattle Times

Medical marijuana advocates want drug reclassified | Politics | The Seattle Times.

A federal appeals court in Washington is considering whether marijuana should be reclassified from its current status as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use.

By FREDERIC J. FROMMER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON —

A federal appeals court in Washington is considering whether marijuana should be reclassified from its current status as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use.

Last year, the Drug Enforcement Administration rejected a ...

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Medical-pot allies tell DEA: Get off our backs – The Seattle Times

 

Medical-pot allies tell DEA: Get off our backs | Local News | The Seattle Times.

A month after federal authorities prompted local closure of 26 dispensaries, medical marijuana activists and their political allies protested in Seattle Thursday.

Seattle Times staff reporter

The allies and the sellers of medical marijuana rallied Thursday against federal intervention, demanding local control over a plant that ...

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Steph Sherer comes to Seattle for raid preparedness trainings

The CARE Wellness Center recently welcomed Steph Sherer, Executive Director of Americans for Safe Access, who did two raid preparedness trainings.  Steph spoke at noon in front of the Coalition for Cannabis Standards and Ethics on how to prepare their businesses for a raid, like training employees, organizing patients and community support, and learning those magic words, “I choose to remain silent.  I want to speak ...

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ASA : Patient Advocates File Appeal Brief in Federal Case to Reclassify Medical Marijuana

ASA : Patient Advocates File Appeal Brief in Federal Case to Reclassify Medical Marijuana.

Patient Advocates File Appeal Brief in Federal Case to Reclassify Medical Marijuana

Lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit challenges DEA denial to reschedule marijuana for medical use

Washington, DC — The country’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), filed an appeal brief today in the D.C. Circuit to compel the federal government to reclassify marijuana for medical use. In July 2011, the federal Drug Enforcement ...

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