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Legal Rights: MMJ Patient Advocacy in Missouri

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As Missouri patients gain access to medical cannabis for various qualifying conditions, understanding and advocating for MMJ patient rights is of paramount importance. Confidentiality: The personal information of MMJ patients is kept confidential under state law, ensuring their privacy.

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Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released a report examining the efficacy of state medical cannabis laws.

Cannabis Law Report

The organization has, they say, ……evaluated patient access, affordability, equity, and product safety. With a decline in legislative improvements in state medical cannabis programs, millions of patients are left with limited or no access,” ASA Executive Director Debbie Churgai said. “It Pennsylvania State Rep.

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MAPS – Position: State Government Affairs Lead – Remote

Cannabis Law Report

Commercialization & Patient Access · Any City, Any State, California. We are a diverse team that shares a deep belief in the critical need for innovation and expanded access in the treatment of mental health conditions. MAPS PBC strives to establish a supportive, equitable and accessible work environment.

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New Legislation Introduced To Protect State-Legal Marijuana Programs

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The most essential component in creating a stable business environment to meet consumer demand is certainty, and that is what states and businesses would have with Congressman Correa’s legislation to protect state-lawful programs from potential rouge US Attorneys under a Department of Justice likely to be led by known drug warrior William Barr.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

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The bill would prohibit employers terminating an employee for the employee’s lawful off-duty activities that are lawful under state law even if those activities are not lawful under federal law, such as consuming cannabis. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/4/19

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Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. Legislation is pending, HB 350, to expand medical cannabis access. MA resident?

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/14/20

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Don’t forget to sign up for our email list, and we will keep you posted as these bills and more move through your home state legislature and U.S. Veteran Access : HR 1647, the Veterans Equal Access Act, would allow V.A. doctors to fill out the state-legal medical marijuana recommendations. Your Highness, Carly.