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Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) on Medical Marijuana
Thank you for contacting me regarding the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. It is a privilege to serve as your Representative in Congress. I welcome your thoughts on this important issue. As you may know, under the Controlled Substances A...
Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) on Industrial Hemp and Marijuana
Thank you for contacting me regarding H.R. 1866, the “Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009.” It is a privilege to serve as your Representative in Congress. I welcome your thoughts on this important issue. As you may know, H.R. 1866, i...
Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) on Marijuana Legislation
Thank you for contacting me regarding H.R. 2943, the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009. I appreciate your views about the use of marijuana. Its use remains controversial with men and women of good will on both sides of ...
Rep. Donald Manzullo (R-IL) on Marijuana Use
Thank you for contacting me about personal use of marijuana. It is good to hear from you. On June 18, 2009, Representative Barney Frank introduced H.R. 2943, the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults. This bill removes federal penalties...
MI Sen. Alan Sanborn (R-Lansing) on Marijuana Legalization
Thank you for your email expressing your support for a move to change our laws to legalize recreational marijuana use. You have obviously given the issue some thought, and I respect your opinion While a number of people share your point of view o...
Seattle Mayor-Elect: Legalize Marijuana
Seattle Mayor-elect Mike McGinn said during a radio interview Friday that he supports efforts to make it legal to use marijuana in Washington state. Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, D-Seattle, has introduced a bill that would allow people 21 and older to us...
NORML SHOW LIVE Happy Holiday Edition
This Saturday night on NORML SHOW LIVE we celebrate the holidays with NORML Founder Keith Stroup and NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre. We take a look at the events that shaped marijuana law reform in 2009 and look forward for what is ...
It’s time to legalize in West Virginia
There is no greater compliment you can pay me than to listen to my words and put them into action in your own home state. Kudos to Lee Arnold (Stasher Moustafa Rex) who published this op-ed in the Charleston Gazette: West Virginia finds itself in a...
Stash for Fri, Dec 11, 2009
Download Link: Secret Stash - Register to access Download audio file (NORML_Daily_AudioStash_2009-12-11.mp3) Hemp Headlines According to new poll, majority of Americans support marijuana legalization Save the Orangutans! Save the planet! Legalize He...
Washington legislator pre-files bill to legalize marijuana
(Washington House Bill 2401) It is the intent of the legislature to: (1) Legalize marijuana and its derivatives; (2) Remove all existing civil and criminal penalties for adults twenty-one years of age or older who cultivate, possess, transport, sell...
MPP Nevada’s Dave Schwartz Announces Initiative to Tax & Regulate Marijuana
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Student To Obama: Legalize Drugs and Prostitution To Help Economy
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Natural cannabis extracts proven superior to THC alone for intractable cancer pain
Plymouth, United Kingdom–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2009. The administration of Sativex, an oral spray consisting of natural cannabis extracts (primarily THC and cannabidiol aka CBD), significantly reduces cancer pain compared to placebo or ...
Boston’s own real-life “Weeds”
(Boston Phoenix) Even though it’s a crisp November day, the flower boxes of Mary Jones’s neat little bungalow are overflowing with brightly colored blooms. The bubbly mother of three has her utility vehicle parked in the driveway. Her ha...
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN) on Marijuana Legalization
Marijuana is a very dangerous drug and the legalization of it is a controversial issue. Our nation is looking for ways to prevent our young people smoking cigarettes while also dealing with the enormous health costs associated with long-term smokin...
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) on Marijuana Legalization
Thank you for contacting me regarding the use and decriminalization of marijuana. I sincerely appreciate hearing from you on this issue. The Supreme Court decision in Gonzales v. Raich regarding medical marijuana made it clear that the U.S. Congr...
Denver Post’s alarmist worries about a “marijuana minefield”
(Denver Post) As we’ve said before, lawmakers need to shape regulations that hew closely to the intent of Amendment 20, which voters passed in 2000. We do not believe the escalation in the number of certified medical marijuana users — now mo...
LA City Council does not explicitly ban medical marijuana sales
(Los Angeles Times) Dispensaries in Los Angeles could continue to accept cash for medical marijuana under a provision approved by the City Council on Tuesday, after it adopted language carefully crafted to maneuver past the city attorney’s ada...
Bill O’Reilly’s interview with Cheech and Chong on Fox News
Click here to view the embedded video. If we really want to keep our children from using marijuana, we need to write and ask our legislators to support a system that would tax and regulate marijuana similar to the way alcohol and tobacco is taxed a...
“But legalizing marijuana will cost society more than it earns in taxes” – debunked!
In the face of growing calls to tax and regulate marijuana, the prohibitionists are left with few tools in their rhetorical arsenal. One talking point they’ve trotted out lately goes something like this: Why not tax pot and alleviate the fina...
MPP’s Aaron Houston on Fox Freedom Watch
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CBS News asks Judge Jim Gray and Drug-Free America’s David Evans: Should Pot Be Legal?
We all know Judge Jim Gray is a powerful advocate for ending marijuana prohibition. We all know David Evans is a rabid prohibitionist. Let’s just skip to the fun parts and give you the bullet points from David Evans’ reefer madness: (...
LEAPs Jack Cole discusses support for legalization on Freedom Watch
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Iowa Sen. Grassley: Webb Commission will “do what we tell them to do” and not “recommend or study the legalization of drugs.”
Thanks to a tip from our friends at LEAP, I reported on Tuesday about Iowa Senator Charles Grassley offering an amendment to Senator Jim Webb’s prison reform bill that forbids the commission from recommending the legalization of marijuana or ev...
Drug Czar Kerlikowske on National Public Radio
Check out the thirty-minute interview with our Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske, on National Public Radio. What’s telling to me isn’t the Drug Czar’s typical lies and spin, but that every sin...
LA NORML names new Assistant Director
Lou Dog, from Suburban Noize recording group the Kottonmouth Kings, has been named the new assistant director for the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). “I am proud of the appointment and...
Los Angeles NORML letter-writing campaign coverage
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New Hampshire cop’s public stance on marijuana legalization costs him his job
(Union Leader) EPPING – A local police officer who claims he has been targeted because of his involvement with a group that wants to legalize drugs has been suspended from the force. Officer Bradley Jardis said he was told Monday that he was being...
US Drug Czar Kerlikowske says marijuana legalization is “a non-starter”
(ONDCP) Marijuana legalization, for any purpose, remains a non-starter in the Obama Administration. It is not something that the President and I discuss; it isn’t even on the agenda. Attorney General Holder issued very clear guidelines to U.S. Att...
UK Drugs Advisor Nutt sacked for being honest about marijuana
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s top drug adviser was fired Friday after saying that marijuana, Ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol. David Nutt’s comments have embarrassed the British government, which toughened the penalties for p...
