LOS ANGELES — The poet Javier Sicilia, whose son's murder inspired him to lead protest caravans against the drug war in Mexico, says he wants to resume the protest "from the other side of the problem."
Sicilia said he w…
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Medical Marijuana Turns 15 Years Old – Has It Reached Its Zenith?
November 4, 2011 | 4 views | No Comments
Tomorrow, November 5th, 2011, marks the fifteenth anniversary of California’s passage of Prop 215, The Compassionate Use Act. The Act passed with 55.58% of the vote and remains the greatest achievement in marijuana law reform in the “War on Drugs” era.
The successes of Prop 215 are well documented. Two years following its passage, the [...]
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This Week in Weed: Oct. 30th – Nov. 5th
November 4, 2011 | 4 views | No Comments
The latest installment of “This Week in Weed” is now streaming on NORMLtv.
This week, even more elected officials speak out against the federal government’s marijuana crackdown and call for rescheduling. We also look at the results from two of the latest cannabis-related studies.
Be sure to tune in to NORMLtv each Thursday afternoon to catch up [...]
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November 4, 2011 | 3 views | No Comments
This Week in Weed: Oct 31st – Nov 5th
www.norml.org – This week in weed: more politicians speak out against the federal crackdown on marijuana and demand rescheduling and the findings of two new cannabis studies.
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Colorado Marijuana Initiative Passes 100,000 Signatures!
November 3, 2011 | 0 views | No Comments
The Coalition to End Marijuana Prohibition, the MPP-backed issue committee paying for the signature drive in Colorado for the initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol, has hit a major milestone.
As of today, the campaign has 100,000 signatures in …
Study: Alcohol Is “More Than Twice As Harmful As Cannabis” — So Explain To Me Again Why Pot Is Illegal?
November 1, 2011 | 3 views | No Comments
Alcohol consumption causes far greater harms to the individual user and to society than does the use of cannabis, according to a new review published online in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, the journal of the British Association of Psychopharmacology.
Investigators at the Imperial College of London assessed “the relative physical, psychological, and social harms of cannabis [...]
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