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I’m happy to let you all know that I will be on national radio this Sunday, which just happens to be my 42nd birthday!
I’ll be the guest of Kyle Allison and Shane Bell on the CNN Radio program “Cultural Distortion” which airs Sundays at 3pm Pacific.
I’ll be on from 3:40pm – 4:20pm talking about the [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ January 29, 2010 # No Comment Yet
As a general rule, NORML tends not to publicize or comment on ballot initiative drives — including campaigns we are involved in — until they have officially qualified for the ballot. But in this case, we (and the mainstream media) just couldn’t resist.
Pot Measure One Step Closer to California Ballot
via CBS.com
An initiative to make marijuana [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ January 27, 2010 # No Comment Yet
It’s the ‘Catch-22’ that has plagued medical marijuana advocates and patients for decades. Lawmakers and health regulators demand clinical studies on the safety and efficacy of medical cannabis, but the federal agency in charge of such research bars these investigations from ever taking place.
But it took until now for the federal government to finally admit [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ January 26, 2010 # No Comment Yet
It’s January 2010, and that means it is time once again for NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up — your one-stop guide to pending marijuana law reform legislation around the country, along with tips for influencing the policies of your state.
** A note to first time readers: NORML can not introduce legislation in your state. Nor [...]
Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ January 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Recently the Los Angeles City Council held hearings on the thorny issue of medical marijuana dispensary regulation. For years city officials have abrogated their duty to create sensible regulations for the dispensaries that have proliferated across the Los Angeles basin. The number of dispensaries has ballooned to over 500 (not the 1,000+ often [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ January 21, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Earlier this morning the United State’s Senate, Committee on Judiciary, unanimously approved Senate Bill 714, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009.
NORML first blogged about this federal legislation back in November, and encouraged NORML supporters to contact their U.S. Senators in favor of this long-needed reform. Fortunately, many of you did so, and today [...]
Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator @ January 21, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The pure, unadulterated, distilled essence of Reefer Madness, courtesy of California Assembly Candidate, Republican Paul Chabot:
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Let’s tear this thing up, shall we?
It’s not “a few million here and there”, unless you count one-thousand, four-hundred millions as “a few millions”. The California Board of equalization has estimated that $1.4 billion dollars [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ January 21, 2010 # No Comment Yet
California’s Supreme Court issued its long awaited opinion today regarding the constitutionality of state-imposed limits regarding the amount of marijuana patients may legally possess and grow.
In it’s 53-page decision, the Court unanimously ruled that the state’s guidelines, enacted in 2004, should not preclude patients from receiving legal protections in court if they possess cannabis in [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ January 20, 2010 # No Comment Yet
They say that the will of politicians often lags behind the sentiment of the public. Nowhere is this adage more clear than when it comes to marijuana law reform.
It was business as usual today in Olympia, as lawmakers on the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness voted down a pair of bills aimed [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ January 19, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Newly elected city attorney Peter Holmes will no longer prosecute minor marijuana possession offenses, according to a report published in The Seattle Times.
“[The city of Seattle] is no longer going to prosecute marijuana possession cases anymore,” said Holmes. The Times reports that Holmes has already begun dismissing cases that were filed by the previous city [...]