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Americans for Safe Access Official page for Americans for Safe Access. Non-profit patient organization. ASA protects the rights of cannabis patients.

ASA works to overcome political and legal barriers by creating policies that improve access to medical cannabis for patients and researchers through legislation, education, litigation, grassroots actions, advocacy ­and services for patients and the caregivers. ASA has over 30,000 active members with chapters and affiliates in more than 40 states. Medical cannabis patients and Executive Director Steph Sherer founded ASA in 2002 in response to federal raids on patients in California. Ever since then, ASA has been instrumental in shaping the political and legal landscape of medical cannabis. Our successful lobbying, media, and legal campaigns led to positive court precedents, new sentencing standards, more compassionate legislative and administrative polices and procedures, as well as new legislation. We are working to change federal policy to meet the immediate needs of patients as well as create long-term strategies for safe access and programs that encourage research.

SEPTEMBER IS CANNABIS SAFETY MONTHCannabis safety has become one of the defining issues shaping the future of cannabis p...
08/07/2026

SEPTEMBER IS CANNABIS SAFETY MONTH

Cannabis safety has become one of the defining issues shaping the future of cannabis policy in the United States. Questions about product safety, youth access, accidental ingestion, impaired driving, health risks, labeling, potency, workplace policies, and responsible use are increasingly part of public and political debates about cannabis. Many of these concerns are legitimate questions shared by patients, parents, healthcare professionals, regulators, employers, educators, public health experts, policymakers, and responsible cannabis businesses.

Too often, however, those questions are left unanswered or reduced to competing slogans, leaving an opportunity for fear and misinformation to fill the space. Concerns about cannabis safety can then become political weapons used to justify policies that restrict cannabis programs, including access for patients who rely on cannabis as part of their healthcare.

Cannabis Safety Month is about reframing the conversation.

Throughout September 2026, ASA and our partners will bring together patients, healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, regulators, educators, employers, community leaders, responsible cannabis businesses, and other stakeholders to examine difficult questions openly and constructively. Rather than dismissing concerns or amplifying fear, the campaign will focus on credible information, practical education, transparent standards, and solutions that reduce harm while protecting medical cannabis access.

Learn more about how you can plug in to Cannabis Safety Month this September!

https://www.safeaccessnow.org/cannabis_safety_month_announce

Looking for something fun to read this weekend? Check out this commentary published in Clinical Therapeutics: Special Ed...
07/31/2026

Looking for something fun to read this weekend?

Check out this commentary published in Clinical Therapeutics: Special Edition "Cannabis Research and Policy: A Joint Exploration of Past and Future Therapeutic Agency - Part II"
Read online: https://www.safeaccessnow.org/lead_with_science_patient_care_realities

(What? You don’t read policy for fun?)

Thank you, Julie K. Johnson, PhD & Drudys Ledbetter, BSN, RN!

Medical Cannabis Businesses: Are you ready for Federal Regulation? The DEA registration deadline for state-licensed medi...
07/28/2026

Medical Cannabis Businesses: Are you ready for Federal Regulation?

The DEA registration deadline for state-licensed medical cannabis businesses has passed, but the uncertainty hasn’t.

Businesses that completed the DEA registration process by the deadline are entering a new era of federal recognition and a new world of compliance obligations, tax considerations, and operational questions.

This webinar will examine:

What DEA registration means for federal and state tax filings
How federal registration affects the application of Section 280E
Federal labeling, documentation, and compliance requirements
Impact of DEA rescheduling proceedings & what’s next
Federal Policy Update

Join Americans For Safe Access Executive Director Steph Sherer, along with special guests Gail Rand, CPA, of Rand Consulting, and Adam Korenfield - CPA (he/him), CPA, Tax Partner at CohnReznick, for a practical discussion of the rapidly changing federal policy landscape and what it means for medical cannabis businesses.

Bring your questions—and leave with a clearer understanding of the rules, risks, and opportunities ahead.

This event is organized by Americans for Safe Access & Cannabis Businesses & Professionals United for National Medical Cannabis (UNMC)

Ticket holders will receive a video link to the webinar. This event is free for ASA & UNMC members.

https://www.safeaccessnow.org/compliance_taxes_webinar

07/12/2026

Meet ASA Partner Farmer Freeman!

In this installment of the ASA Partner Spotlight, we feature Farmer Freeman, a Washington, D.C.-based company that helps patients get more out of their home grows by providing access to lab testing.

www.safeaccessnow.org/asa_partner_spotlight_farmer_freeman

07/04/2026

This Fourth of July, I am thinking about freedom, not as a slogan, but as a promise that still has to be kept.

Now is the time for vision and action.

Thank you to ASA’s amazing partners, allies, volunteers, members, sponsors, and board for getting us here!

Please pledge your support today so we can finish the job of transforming U.S. healthcare and bring safe access to cannabis medicines to all Americans!

https://www.safeaccessnow.org/working_with_asa @ @

07/03/2026

The DEA ma*****na (cannabis) scheduling hearing began Monday with a lot of confusion about what this hearing is about, its potential impact, and most importantly, what it will mean for patients. The fact that this hearing is happening after AG Order No. 6754-2026 created a federal medical cannabis p...

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