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23 February 2012 | 0 Comments
Marijuana law reform legislation is pending in nearly 30 states this 2012 legislative session. Is your state among them? Find out here. More importantly, have you taken the time to call or write your state elected officials this year and urged them to support these pending reforms? If not, NORML has provided you with all [...]
Tagged in New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina
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23 February 2012 | 0 Comments
[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's news alerts and legislative advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up here.] The enactment of statewide laws allowing for the limited use of cannabis therapeutically is associated with reduced instances of suicide, according to a discussion paper [...]
Tagged in Montana State University, NORML
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21 February 2012 | 0 Comments
Originally published @ Cato Unbound, as part of a series of essays on ending the government’s failed war against cannabis Ending Cannabis Prohibition in America The now forty-year-old organized effort to reform cannabis laws in America is on the precipice of major socio-political reforms with approximately fifty percent of the population no longer supporting the [...]
Tagged in Cannabis Prohibition, Cato Unbound, DEA, NORML
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20 February 2012 | 0 Comments
By George Rohrbacher, NORML Board member Originally published April 22, 2010, ‘Abraham Lincoln Was A Hempster’ Update: National Public Radio reports that more books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than any other human who has ever lived–second only to Jesus Christ. More than 15,000 books have been penned about ol’ Abe. An impressive 35-foot [...]
Tagged in Abraham Lincoln, American History, Carl Sandberg, Dennis Hanks
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19 February 2012 | 0 Comments
By Kellen Russoniello, George Washington University Law student and NORML Legal Intern The recent push for implementing drug testing for potential welfare recipients across several states has revealed at least two things: 1. The policy is not economically sound; and 2. It really brings out the hypocrisy in some elected officials. Last summer, Florida implemented [...]
Tagged in Daily Show, Governor Rick Scott, Indiana General Assembly, Schuylkill County