The first new installment of “This Week in Weed” of 2012 is now streaming on NORMLtv. This week, Delaware’s Governor slams the breaks on his state’s medical marijuana program, marijuana decriminalization may go before Detroit voters this year, and NORML announces the dates for our annual Aspen Legal Seminar. 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.
The 2012 legislative session is in full swing and marijuana law reform legislation is pending in well over a dozen states. To keep up to date regarding how you can support marijuana-friendly reform measures in your state, please visit NORML’s ‘Take Action Center’ here. You can also stay abreast of 2012 statewide ballot initiative efforts via NORML’s Legalize 2012 Facebook page here. Below is this week’s edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up — where we spotlight specific examples of pending marijuana law reform legislation from around the country. ** [...]
This Week in Weed: Feb. 12th-18th
This Week in Weed: Delaware Governor Jack Markell slams the brakes on his state's medical marijuana program, an appeals court in Detroit rules a decriminalization measure needs to return to the ballot, and NORML…
The use of medical marijuana in Maryland and how a statewide system could legally provide patient access are once again before the General Assembly, with three bills filed in recent weeks — each proposing a very different system for dispensing and distribution of the drug. Though federal law criminalizes the use of the drug, some [...]
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APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY BOARD At the recently concluded Annual Meeting and in conjunction with ‘National Medical Marijuana Week‘, the NORML Board of Directors condemned recent and unjustifiable federal law enforcement efforts against medical cannabis providers in America. The Board continues to endorse the reform of cannabis laws nationally, as well as the progressive medical initiatives inaugurated and carried out in California and other states. We remain thoroughly supportive of cannabis freedom fighters and the medical cannabis community and its citizens, whose cause is just. Since its founding in 1970, NORML [...]
[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's news alerts and legislative advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up here.] Democrat Gov. Jack Markell has abruptly halted plans to implement legislation passed in 2011 that allows qualified patients to obtain marijuana from state-licensed facilities. Governor Markell had initially signed the law, Senate Bill 17, The Delaware Medical Marijuana Act, last May. Under the law, patients with a qualifying illness may legally possess up to six ounces of cannabis, provided they [...]
