Be sure to check out a blog by ASA Executive Director Steph Sherer – “Not a Criminal This Christmas!” Steph lives and works in Washington, DC, where Congress has just lifted the ban on voter-approved medical cannabis.

” …By restoring Washington, D.C.’s medical marijuana law,” said Caren Woodson, Government Affairs Director with Americans for Safe Access (ASA). “Congress has recognized the importance of medical marijuana as a public health issue,” continued Woodson. “Washington, D.C. is not just the 14th medical marijuana state, this issue is now in the backyard of federal legislators and far more difficult to ignore.” The appropriations bill now goes to the President’s desk for his expected signature sometime this week…”

Read the entire post with links on the ASA web site.