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Supreme Court Makes It Even Worse To Be A Cannabis Consumer Under Prohibition

April 18, 2012 | 6 views | No Comments

Supreme Court Authorizes Strip Searches for Any Criminal Offense By Kellen Russoniello, George Washington University Law School and NORML legal intern If you are sent to jail, be prepared to get naked, squat, and cough. In Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, a 5-4 decision drawn on party lines released on April 2, the Supreme Court upheld the practice of forcing detainees who would be entering the general jail population to undergo strip searches. The Court noted that they “must defer to the judgment of correctional officials unless the record [...]

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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 [...]

Posted in Activism, Government, Legalize It, News

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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This Week in Weed: April 8th-15th

April 13, 2012 | 5 views | No Comments

Click here to subscribe to NORMLtv and receive alerts whenever new content is added. The latest installment of “This Week in Weed” is now streaming on NORMLtv. In this episode: NORML attorneys file a lawsuit in NJ, DC announces 6 marijuana cultivation centers, a new poll shows growing support for legalization, and more. Be sure to tune in to NORMLtv every week to catch up on the latest marijuana news. Subscribe to NORMLtv or follow us on Twitter to be notified as soon as new content is added.

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New Study: THC Seldom Detected In Injured Dutch Drivers

April 12, 2012 | 0 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.] Belgian drivers injured in traffic accidents are far more likely to possess drugs and alcohol in their systems than are Dutch drivers, according to data to be published in the journal Forensic Science International. Investigators from Belgium and the Netherlands compared the prevalence of alcohol, licit and illicit drugs in the blood of seriously injured drivers over 18 years of age. A [...]

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Estimate: Worldwide Population Of Lawful Medical Marijuana Patients

April 11, 2012 | 2 views | No Comments

From the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines ———————————————————— IACM-Bulletin of 8 April 2012 ———————————————————— World: Increasing numbers of patients use cannabis for medicinal purposes An increasing number of patients in the world are using cannabis for therapeutic reasons, with available data from countries, which have installed programs for their citizens. Good data are available for Israel, Canada, the Netherlands and many states of the US with medicinal cannabis laws and registries. In several more countries only a few patients are allowed to use cannabis for medicinal purposes, including Germany, Norway, [...]

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