Community Support and Resources

ASA is the go-to source for updated, accurate information for patients, providers, advocates, and clinicians. Our Community Support Project provides thousands of pages of free information every day through e-mail updates, newsletters, reports, publications, and trainings.

ASA provides advocates the information, training, and support necessary to have a major impact in local and national campaigns. This includes “How-to guides” and trainings for citizen lobbying, talking to the media and becoming a medical cannabis spokesperson, accompanying trainings and materials.

Programs

Publications
ASA's staff will help keep you up to date with breaking news, monthly activist newsletters, weekly media summaries, relevant publications, quarterly federal newsletters, ways to plug into local community projects and ways to effectively communicate with your peers.
Provider Resources and Support
ASA provides literature, trainings, and legal support to help providers stay safe and informed.

Patient Resources and Support
ASA offers an array of resources and avenues for support that include information on cannabis as medicine, resources for talking to your doctor, and a guide to the legal landscape including state by state laws.
Medical Cannabis Patients' Bill of Rights
The Medical Cannabis Patients' Bill of Rights is designed to outline the basic rights of individuals who use cannabis pursuant to a recommendation from a physician to control symptoms of a serious or chronic medical condition.
Clinician Resources and Support
ASA provides resources and support for doctors and clinicians interested in learning more about cannabis as medicine.
Medical Advocate's Training Center
ASA’s new training center will arm the medical cannabis advocate with the information they need to effectively make change.