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Can Fully Informed Juries Help Cannabis Prohibition?

April 23, 2012 | 1 views | No Comments

Of the many numerous peaceful and constititionally-respectful means employed for decades by which cannabis law reformers have been to try to bring about about an end to Cannabis Prohibition laws, one of the most benign, yet most powerful arrows in the activist’s quiver is jury nullification–whereby jurors are educated and informed about their right to vote not guilty in cases where they morally question the underlying law itself (and not just to cast a verdict ‘for’ or ‘against’ individuals the government has charged with ‘crimes’). For almost 20 years NORML [...]

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Mainstream Media Coverage of 4/20 2012

April 21, 2012 | 1 views | No Comments

4/20 2012 in Toronto.CANNABIS CULTURE – Thousands of people with a passion for pot gathered in cities around the world yesterday to celebrate 4/20. But it wasn’t only stoners and activists who showed up at the reefer rallies; the mainstream media was a…

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NORML’s 2012 4/20 Salutations And Celebrations

April 20, 2012 | 1 views | No Comments

Dear NORML Supporters from far and wide, Despite nearly three quarters of a century of government-imposed Cannabis Prohibition, it is, again, that oh so magical day that cannabis consumers celebrate … and prohibitionists loathe: April 20 A day (and a time of day) that signifies the ever increasing cultural and commercial acceptance in America (and internationally) of millions of consumers’ and medical patients’ want and need for Cannabis Prohibition to end. As in the previous twenty years, there is a fast growing acknowledgement that on April 20 … all things [...]

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Oklahoma Mom Sentenced to 12 Years In Prison For $30 Worth Of Weed May Get Parole!

April 19, 2012 | 3 views | No Comments

“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history” -Gandhi Patricia Spottedcrow, a mother and first time offender from Oklahoma, was originally sentenced to 12 years behind bars for selling $30 worth of marijuana. For months, the NORML Women’s Alliance, and other organizations have been bringing attention to one of the most egregious cases of the war on drugs in recent history. After several outreach campaigns to local law enforcement and elected officials, and especially a strong grassroots effort [...]

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Over 300 Economists Agree: It’s Time to Legalize Marijuana

April 17, 2012 | 5 views | No Comments

Over 300 economists have signed on to an open letter to the President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislators asking them to allow this “country to commence an open and honest debate about marijuana prohibition.” The petition states that the undersigned “believe such a debate will favor a regime in which marijuana is legal but taxed and regulated like other goods.” Notably, three of the economists who have already signed on are Nobel Laureates. Three hundred plus additional economic scholars have already signed on, you can view the list and more [...]

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Colorado: State Democrats Officially Support Marijuana Regulation Initiative

April 17, 2012 | 1 views | No Comments

[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from today's NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's news alerts and legislative advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up here.] The Colorado Democratic Party on Saturday resolved to officially support Amendment 64, a statewide ballot initiative that seeks to eliminate civil and criminal penalties for the limited possession and cultivation of cannabis by adults. The Party acknowledged it support for the measure during its state convention. “This is a mainstream issue,” Cindy Lowery-Graber, chair of the Denver County Democratic Party, stated in [...]

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