AUBURN — Americans for Safe Access announces that Remedy Compassion Center of Auburn has been selected to be the first company in America to be certified for all three areas of its work in cultivation, manufacturing and distribution of medical cannabis products.

The certification is under ASA’s Patient Focused Certification program. Patient Focused Certification is the only nonprofit, third-party certification for the medical cannabis industry based on quality standards issued by the American Herbal Products Association and the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia.

The AHP Cannabis Monograph and the AHPA cannabis guidelines offer the most comprehensive regulatory and product safety guidance as well as best business practices for the production of cannabis and cannabis products.

Remedy Compassion Center, a Maine not-for-profit, was founded in 2010 and was the first medical cannabis dispensary to open east of the Rockies. Remedy serves thousands of Mainers who are certified by their physicians or nurse practitioners and are qualified to use medical cannabis under conditions set by Maine Legislature and regulatory agency rules.