MAP – Latest Medical Marijuana Blog NORML – Working to Reform Marijuana Laws NORML Weekly News PodcastPaul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ September 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Just over four years ago, former U.S. DEA administrator Karen Tandy announced to the world that her agency had struck “a significant blow … to the marijuana legalization movement” by indicting Canada’s so-called ‘Prince of Pot,’ Marc Emery.
For nearly two decades Emery operated a successful marijuana seed bank operation in Vancouver, British Columbia — a [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ September 28, 2009 # No Comment Yet
I’ve written previously about the mainstream media’s propensity to under report and distort stories that challenge marijuana prohibition.
Apparently my latest missive has hit a nerve — as it has quickly risen to become the most read story on Alternet.
5 Things the Corporate Media Don’t Want You to Know About Cannabis
via Alternet.org
1. Marijuana Use Is Not [...]
Brian Judy, NORML Webmaster @ September 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
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Update: Audio from Today is now available
Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
Today’s Highlights
Cannabis Law Reform’s Missing Link: Law Enforcement – Norm Stamper
Keynote Speaker Luncheon Lester Grinspoon, M.D. [via live remote]
Panels on: Mexican cartels, revenue stream, and athleticism
Breakout sessions on: Tools [...]
Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ September 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Check it out on http://live.norml.org – Rick Steves coming up soon, plus discussions from the founder of Oaksterdam, Richard Lee; Dr. Harry Levine on race and marijuana arrests; and California NORML’s Dale Gieringer on the current legal landscape there.
Brian Judy, NORML Webmaster @ September 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
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Travel Author and NORML Advisory Board Member Rick Steves
Today’s Highlights
Welcome – California Assemblyman, Tom Ammiano
Lunch On Your Own Presentation with Rick Steves
Panels on: pot and politics, legalization, regulation and parenting
Listen live NORML Show Live from 11am-2pm (PST)
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Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ September 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Three hours of live audio from Thursday’s panels at NORML National Conference are now available at our archive of NORML SHOW LIVE. You’ll hear NORML Deputy Director Paul Armentano on the science and medicine of marijuana, followed by a panel on patients, caregivers, and small patient collectives moderated by William Panzer, one of the [...]
Brian Judy, NORML Webmaster @ September 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
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Panel Moderator NORML Board Member William G. Panzer, Esq.
Today’s Highlights
Special Medical Cannabis-Only Day
Flip The Switch: A Medical Path to Full Legalization – Steve DeAngelo, CEO, Harborside Health Center
High Times/NORML Activist Awards and Silent Auction
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Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ September 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
For more details, see norml.org/conference. Click any event for more info.
Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ September 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
NORML’s new talk radio program, NORML SHOW LIVE, will be streaming for three days at the 2009 NORML National Conference, “Yes We Cannabis”, live from the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco. These special three-hour episodes will be available at live.norml.org at the following special times and archived for download later just fifteen minutes after [...]
Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ September 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
[Update: check out the recording - a little tough to hear at times, but great interviews with Miss New Jersey 2006 Georgine DiMaria, High Times Cultivation Editor Danny Danko, rap star Styles P, MMA fighting champion Toby Grear, NORML founder Keith Stroup, a new activist patient named Lori, NORML New Jersey's Chris Goldstein, and live [...]