Cannabis: not always the best medicine
Medical cannabis is certainly not the BEST option for everyone, nor should it be the FIRST option for a physician to consider, but we believe most Americans agree with us that all patients and...
View ArticleAlternative forms of cannabis
Patients must be allowed to consume their medicine in whatever form is safe and effective for treating their illness or condition.
View ArticleTesting medical cannabis
Although ASA is not aware of any serious harm that has resulted from consuming cannabis, contaminated or not, we believe testing is necessary to provide better information to patients about the...
View ArticleTaxation of medical cannabis
Any tax on medical cannabis is a tax on patients. ASA opposes excessive taxes that are designed to raise revenue, but it does not oppose low-impact fee structures designed to offset administrative costs.
View ArticleAbuse of medical cannabis laws: Fact or fiction?
While some abuse of state laws probably exists, law enforcement and opponents of medical cannabis have greatly exaggerated those claims. Much like other pharmaceutical and over-the-counter medications,...
View ArticleLegalization of cannabis for recreational use
The legalization of cannabis for recreational use is a separate issue from safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use. We caution policy makers against letting the debate surrounding...
View ArticleVeterans
Patient advocates applauded the change in VA policy to prevent its physicians from arbitrarily denying much needed pain medication to veterans who are also lawful medical cannabis patients. This policy...
View ArticleRecognition and regulation of distribution centers
ASA supports the sensible regulation of dispensaries to the extent that such regulations recognize the legality of medical marijuana distribution and offer reasonable methods to comply with local and...
View ArticleReclassifying medical cannabis
ASA strongly supports the reclassification of cannabis in order to expand research on this important and promising therapeutic substance and to better establish laws that reasonably, fairly and equally...
View ArticleRaids on distribution centers
If medical cannabis is to be dealt with as the public health issue it is, there must be a different approach taken to enforcement of the law. First, and foremost, the federal government must cease...
View ArticlePresident Obama's policy on medical cannabis
ASA is currently pursuing clarification on the Obama Administration
View ArticleMedical Cannabis and Genetic Engineering
While ASA fully supports improving cannabis varieties and traits through traditional breeding practices assisted with powerful modern scientific techniques, ASA condemns and will work to prevent any...
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