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This is part of an ongoing series featuring women who are leading the movement for the elimination of marijuana prohibition and the reform of laws governing its use in the United States. They are making history in law reform advocacy, cannabis related [...]
Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director @ March 28, 2010 # No Comment Yet
I was asked by Fox News to discuss a clear and growing trend on prime time TV: cannabis use
While there have been dozens of prime time TV shows that have featured cannabis use since the 1960s, often for medicinal purposes circa the mid 1990s, currently there is a crush of shows on broadcast and cable [...]
Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director @ March 27, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Someone should clue in neo-con John Walters (who Drug Policy Alliance director Ethan Nadelmann aptly described once as Bill Bennett’s ‘Mini-Me’) that he no longer is compelled by statute to lie about cannabis any more seeking to thwart the will of American citizens. Blessedly, taxpayers are no longer paying him high wages to lie to [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ March 26, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Well, the ex-Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey that is. (As a rule, acting Drug Czar’s do not debate marijuana law reformers in public forums.)
Below is the clip from this afternoon’s edition of the Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC.
Before anyone comments, yes I am well aware that the host — who was clearly favorable to NORML’s position [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ March 25, 2010 # No Comment Yet
This coming November’s mid-term election is going to have major implications for cannabis law reform.
In South Dakota, election officials last week certified Measure 13, the South Dakota Safe Access Act, for the November ballot.
If approved by voters, Measure 13 would exempt state criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana or [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ March 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
For several years I have postulated that marijuana is not, in the strict sense of the word, an intoxicant.
As I wrote in the book Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? (Chelsea Green, 2009), the word ‘intoxicant’ is derived from the Latin noun toxicum (poison). It’s an appropriate term for alcohol, [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ March 19, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The following speech was given by NORML’s Deputy Director before nearly 500 attendees on Saturday, March 13, at the opening plenary of Students for Sensible Drug Policy’s 11th International Conference, at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. To read full coverage of the conference, please see DRCNet’s report here.
My name is Paul Armentano and [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ March 17, 2010 # No Comment Yet
UPDATE!!! UPDATE!!! Want to make sure that your members of Congress get the message that the U.S. drug war fuels Mexican violence? Then check out my commentary today in The Hill — Congress’ insider newspaper and website. Read my commentary here, and please leave feedback on their board. Your members of Congress will see it, [...]
Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director @ March 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Lawmakers around the country are debating a record number of marijuana law reform bills in 2010. NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up is your one-stop guide to pending marijuana law reform legislation around the country, along with tips for influencing the policies of your state.
** To first time readers: NORML can not introduce legislation in your [...]
Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director @ March 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Dear NORML Supporters,
At the busiest and most productive time in the cannabis law reform movement’s history, there has never been a better time to attend a national NORML conference!
The 39th annual national NORML conference will be held September 9-11, 2010 at the historic landmark Governor Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon.
This year’s [...]