NORML SHOW LIVE Halloweed Special with “The Black Tuna” Robert Platshorn
Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ October 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
We’re back in studio this Saturday for our special Halloweed show! Our guest is ROBERT PLATSHORN, a.k.a. “The Black Tuna”. We’ll be discussing his life as America’s longest-imprisoned (30 years) non-violent marijuana offender, once referred to by President Carter’s attorney general as one of the “slickest, most sophisticated pot smugglers of the 70’s.” Read all [...]
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Testimony from California Assembly committee hearing on legalization of marijuana
Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ October 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Yesterday’s testimony by supporters and foes of Assembly Bill 390, an act to tax and regulate marijuana in California, is now posted on the web at the following URLs:
Part I: http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewvideo/798
Part II: http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewvideo/799
Part III: http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewvideo/800
Retired Orange County Superior Court Judge James P. Gray’s testimony was one of the last to be heard, and to use [...]
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BREAKING NEWS: California Lawmakers To Debate Marijuana Legalization Tomorrow!
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ October 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
California state lawmakers are scheduled to hear testimony tomorrow in support of taxing and regulating the commercial production and distribution of marijuana for adults age 21 and older.
[Paul Armentano 10/29 update: Archived video of the entire hearing is now available online here. The hearing is three hours long and archived in three separate parts.]
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Four Prohibition Pragmatists And A Drug War Whore
Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director @ October 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A quick review from this week’s avalanche of cannabis-related news, comes a stark contrast that reveals: Four Prohibition Pragmatists And A Drug War Whore
Prohibition Pragmaticism
Wisconsin – When asked by the media about a recently introduced medical cannabis bill in his state, as well as to comment on the Obama administration’s new policies on medical cannabis, [...]
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NORML SHOW LIVE Saturday – SPECIAL TIME 4:00pm Pacific – with Cheech & Chong at Cypress Hill Smokeout
Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ October 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Saturday Night’s episode of NORML SHOW LIVE will be at a special time – 4:00pm Pacific / 7:00pm Eastern – to take advantage of the lineup here at the Cypress Hill Smokeout in San Bernardino, California. Cheech & Chong are playing a “4:20″ set, so I will be there live, bringing you the comedy from [...]
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NORML Women Make Waves
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ October 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
We’ve published several blog posts over the past weeks emphasizing the role of women in marijuana law reform.
Why? Well, for starters, women are now voicing their support for sensible marijuana law reform in record numbers.
According to this week’s Gallup poll, support for marijuana legalization has jumped 12 percent among women since 2005. By comparison, support [...]
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In Defense of Intelligence, Washington Post Columnist Looks Like A Fool
Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director @ October 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
I can only imagine how many letters to the editor have arrived at the Washington Post after it published columnist Charles Lane’s intellectually flaccid and insulting column (i.e., Mr. Lane mocks Angel Raich’s medical condition and cites an alleged NORML survey that does not exist) entitled ‘Medical marijuana is an insult to our intelligence‘.
Below is [...]
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NORML Founder Keith Stroup on CNN’s Blogger Bunch discussing Obama DOJ memo on medical marijuana
Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ October 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a>
Video available at http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/10/20/dcl.blog.pot.cnn?iref=videosearch
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Gallup poll registers most support ever for marijuana re-legalization
Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ October 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup’s October Crime poll finds 44% of Americans in favor of making marijuana legal and 54% opposed. U.S. public support for legalizing marijuana was fixed in the 25% range from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, but acceptance jumped to 31% in 2000 and has continued to grow throughout this decade.
The highest [...]
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Breaking News: President Obama Issues New Medical Marijuana Guidelines
Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director @ October 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In what can only be described as major departure in the so-called ‘war on drugs’, the Obama Administration is issuing a new three page memo this morning [Paul Armentano updates: You can now read the memorandum, signed by Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden, here. You can also share your thoughts with the White House [...]
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