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For the first time in nearly 20 years, the United States Court of Appeals is about to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the federal government's classification of marijuana ASA : Medical Marijuana Patients Get Their Day in Federal Court with the Obama Administration as a
dangerous drug with no medicinal value: Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration. This historic case will finally force a federal court to review the scientific evidence regarding the therapeutic value of marijuana.
Americans for Safe Access ASA : Advancing Legal Medical Marijuana Therapeutics and Research, the country's leading medical marijuana patients advocacy group, will hold a news conference call to brief journalists on the case this Thursday, October 4, 2012, at Noon Eastern / 9 am Pacific Time.
"Medical marijuana patients are finally getting their day in court," said ASA Chief counsel Joe Elford. "What's at stake in this case is nothing less than our country's scientific integrity and the imminent needs of millions of patients."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear opening arguments on the case the morning of October 16, 2012.
Speakers on the call will be available for questions from journalists after making brief remarks.
Speakers include:
Steph Sherer -- Plaintiff, and Executive Director, Americans for Safe Access
Joe Elford -- Chief Counsel, Americans for Safe Access
Michael Krawitz -- Plaintiff
Dr. Igor Grant -- Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of
California-San Diego School of Medicine
Dr. Donald Abrams -- Director of Clinical Programs, San Francisco General Hospital;
Chief of Hematology-Oncology, University of California-San Francisco
To participate in the call, please dial 1 (877) 746-4263 and use the passcode 02 36 914 #.
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Source: ASA Email
Author: San Francisco ASA
Contact: kris@SafeAccessNow.org
Website: ASA : Advancing Legal Medical Marijuana Therapeutics and Research
dangerous drug with no medicinal value: Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration. This historic case will finally force a federal court to review the scientific evidence regarding the therapeutic value of marijuana.
Americans for Safe Access ASA : Advancing Legal Medical Marijuana Therapeutics and Research, the country's leading medical marijuana patients advocacy group, will hold a news conference call to brief journalists on the case this Thursday, October 4, 2012, at Noon Eastern / 9 am Pacific Time.
"Medical marijuana patients are finally getting their day in court," said ASA Chief counsel Joe Elford. "What's at stake in this case is nothing less than our country's scientific integrity and the imminent needs of millions of patients."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear opening arguments on the case the morning of October 16, 2012.
Speakers on the call will be available for questions from journalists after making brief remarks.
Speakers include:
Steph Sherer -- Plaintiff, and Executive Director, Americans for Safe Access
Joe Elford -- Chief Counsel, Americans for Safe Access
Michael Krawitz -- Plaintiff
Dr. Igor Grant -- Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of
California-San Diego School of Medicine
Dr. Donald Abrams -- Director of Clinical Programs, San Francisco General Hospital;
Chief of Hematology-Oncology, University of California-San Francisco
To participate in the call, please dial 1 (877) 746-4263 and use the passcode 02 36 914 #.
News Hawk- TruthSeekr420 420 MAGAZINE
Source: ASA Email
Author: San Francisco ASA
Contact: kris@SafeAccessNow.org
Website: ASA : Advancing Legal Medical Marijuana Therapeutics and Research
