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Behind the Spotlight: Only Congress Can Change Cannabis Laws for Patients

Americans for Safe Access

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has been at the forefront of fighting for patients’ rights to access medical cannabis across four presidencies since our founding in 2002. We've crafted briefing materials and “100-day campaigns” for three incoming administrations on medical cannabis policy.

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Beyond the Oval Office: Only Congress Can Change Cannabis Laws for Patients

Americans for Safe Access

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has been at the forefront of fighting for patients’ rights to access medical cannabis across four presidencies since our founding in 2002. We've crafted briefing materials and “100-day campaigns” for three incoming administrations on medical cannabis policy.

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23 Years of Americans for Safe Access

Americans for Safe Access

My own journey with therapeutic cannabis inspired the founding of ASA in 2002, and since then, I've witnessed firsthand how patient advocacy can profoundly change healthcare and people's lives.

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Press Release: Cannabis Patient Care™ and Americans for Safe Access Form Partnership

Cannabis Law Report

Cannabis Patient Care™ launched in November 2020 and has already made a big impression in the medical cannabis community due to the quality of its content and the important message behind each issue,” said Mike Hennessy Jr.

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CBD Enhances Glucose Metabolism via Nuclear Receptors

Project CBD

The first evidence of an endocannabinoid interacting with PPARs came in 2002, when a research team in Tennessee showed that a metabolite of 2-AG activated PPAR- a. Yes, more research is needed — but what matters most to the patient is that it helps. The prescription was 600 mg of pure CBD orally per day for 30 days.

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All Cannabis Use Is Political

The Cannigma

The successes of cannabis businesses are now a part of the mainstream conversation and considered big business, while the rights and protections for medical cannabis patients have been sidelined. So while a cannabis business can join their local chamber of commerce, a patient in hospice can be denied access to medical cannabis.

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Report Says Cannabis Use Among Pregnant Women Increased During the Pandemic

Veriheal

Patients had a mean age of 31. in 2002 to 7.0% ” Although the study is limited by its examination of patients in California only—where cannabis is legal and widely accepted—it’s hard to ignore such striking statistics. from an estimated 3.4%