Americans for Safe Access

Join ASA Members in Sacramento for Citizen Lobby Day: March 24
Sun 11:13am
With over 20 years of experience, I’ve dedicated my career to advancing cannabis policy and patient rights. One of the most impactful ways we drive change is through direct advocacy. That’s why I am joining ASA members and cannabis advocates across…

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Lunch & Learn Episode 6: Is Cannabis' "Accepted Medical Use" Political?
Mar 12, 2025, 1:40 pm
While Schedule III may seem like a large deviation from the recommendations provided by HHS and DEA in 2016, outright dismissing the finding of HHS and DOJ, “currently accepted medical use” does not take into account the enormity of the scientific and…

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WHY ASA MEMBERS ARE GOING TO ALBANY ON MARCH 11, 2025
Mar 6, 2025, 8:04 am
By Nikki Lawley & Oleg Maryasis, MS…

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ASA's Medical Cannabis Awareness Week Playlist
Feb 15, 2025, 8:48 am
Feb 15-22, 2025, is Medical Cannabis Awareness Week! This is a time for medical cannabis advocates to better educate themselves and their communities about all things medical cannabis. We have created this playlist to highlight some of the resources we have on…

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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: Episode 5
Feb 12, 2025, 4:20 pm
How to Participate in Medical Cannabis Awareness Week…

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Lunch & Learn-Episode 4
Feb 6, 2025, 7:10 pm
Offensive Strategies for Medical Cannabis Policy in the 119th Congress…

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I am Alive Thanks to Cannabis and ASA – Join Me to Keep the Fight Alive too!
Feb 1, 2025, 4:44 pm
As a co-director of Cannabis Advocacy for the US Pain Foundation and a medical cannabis patient living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, I can’t imagine continuing the fight for my rights without the leadership and support of Americans for Safe Access.

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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: Episode 3
Jan 30, 2025, 6:31 pm
Playing Defense in the 119th Congress …

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Put Patients First! Take Action in ASA's 100 Days Campaign
Fri 5:54pm
WELCOME TO ASA’S FIRST 100 DAYS CAMPAIGN!…

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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series- Episode 2
Jan 23, 2025, 6:04 pm
How to get involved with ASA's First 100 Days Campaign…

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Lunch & Learn Webinar Series- Episode #1
Jan 15, 2025, 5:31 pm
DEA Postponed Rescheduling Hearing, What Just Happened? Join ASA staff as we dive into the new ruling to postpone the DEA hearings, what it means for the current rescheduling process, and where we go from here. Watch on YouTube: ASA's channel

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Medical Cannabis: In Need of a Regulatory Model That Puts Patients First
Jan 13, 2025, 1:40 am
As a pediatric emergency department pharmacist, I witness both the incredible potential of modern medicine and some of its most glaring gaps. One of those gaps is medical cannabis, which, in my opinion, is a tremendously underutilized tool. Even among the…

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Returning to Elevate Patient Voices in the Next Era of Medical Cannabis, Will You Join me?
Dec 30, 2024, 3:24 pm
Nearly two decades ago, we founded Americans for Safe Access (ASA) to bring patients’ needs and voices out of the shadows and into the center of the national cannabis debate. Back then, patients were criminalized, stigmatized, and rarely heard—trotted out…

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Healthcare Leaders & Cannabis Experts Unite Behind Bold National Medical Cannabis Effort for 2025
Dec 13, 2024, 4:54 pm
Americans for Safe Access Founder Steph Sherer Returns to Lead the Initiative…

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HHS Unlikely to Appear at Hearing, Despite DEA’s Challenging Findings & Threat of Subpoena
Nov 29, 2024, 6:21 am
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) General Notice of Hearing (GNoH) state: "The purpose of a hearing would be to receive factual evidence and expert opinion regarding whether marijuana should be transferred…

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5 Important Insights on the Cannabis Rescheduling Hearings
Nov 29, 2024, 6:03 am
On Monday, December 2, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., formal hearings begin regarding the Department of Justice's (DOJ) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to move cannabis to Schedule III. The hearing will be live streamed: www.DEA.gov/live. …

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THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT, CANNABIS POLICY & PATIENTS
Nov 17, 2024, 7:11 pm
While Presidential candidates’ positions on cannabis may make for good headlines, the reality is that, aside from signing legislation and directing federal agencies, the office of the President of the United States (POTUS) does not have the power to…

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ASA POST-ELECTION DEBRIEF
Nov 6, 2024, 1:46 pm
Election 2024 is now behind us. Voters in another state (Nebraska) have put their support behind medical cannabis access for their residents, while voters in other states rejected adult-use cannabis programs. The Office of the President of the United States…

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RECALIBRATING FOR THE RESCHEDULED RESCHEDULING: 5 KEY INSIGHTS ON THE DEA DELAY
Nov 3, 2024, 2:42 pm
TAKE A BREATH…

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ASA Newsletter-October 2024: Election Edition
Oct 31, 2024, 9:13 pm
We are happy to present you with the Election Edition of the ASA Monthly Newsletter!…

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