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NORML to Protest D.E.A. Imprisonment, Starvation of UCSD Student

May 4, 2012 | 2 views | No Comments

Contact: Michael Cindrich (619) 262-2500 | Lance Rogers (619) 333-6882 Please be advised that on Monday, May 7, 2012 at 4:20 p.m., the local chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) will protest the Drug Enforcement Administration’s detention of UCSD Engineering student Daniel Chong for five days without food and water. The protest will take place outside of the DEA office compound at 4560 Viewridge Avenue in San Diego. If you can’t be in San Diego, show your solidarity by joining the protest live online at [...]

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Time: What Is President Obama’s Problem With Medical Marijuana?

May 3, 2012 | 1 views | No Comments

Michael Sherer at Time Magazine has posted online today a particularly astute examination of the Obama administration’s flip-flop on marijuana policy. Below are some key excerpts. Michael’s full article appears in the newsstand edition of Time. What Is President Obama’s Problem With Medical Marijuana? via Time.com [T]he Obama Administration is cracking down on medical marijuana dispensaries and growers just as harshly as the Administration of George W. Bush did. In 2011, the Department of Justice revised its guidance to U.S. Attorneys, allowing them to target any medical marijuana activity except [...]

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A Mother’s Day Declaration: “The Drug War Hurts Our Families”

May 1, 2012 | 1 views | No Comments

Mothers from around the country will join with law enforcement and students at the National Press Club on May 2nd in honor of Mother’s Day. The press conference will launch a new coalition of national organizations that will represent mothers, police and students that seek to finally end the disastrous drug war.

Posted in Activism, Drug War, Law Enforcement, Legalize It, News

The Drug Czar Knows Even Less About Hemp Than He Knows About Marijuana

April 30, 2012 | 3 views | No Comments

America’s top drug cop is clearly not an expert in agriculture. So why is Obama’s Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske claiming to be one? Drug Czar Reiterates Government’s Opposition To Domestic Hemp Production via NORML’s weekly news Washington, DC: The federal government continues to oppose allowing licensed farmers the opportunity to cultivate industrial hemp for fiber and other agricultural purposes, according to statements posted last week by Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske on the whitehouse.gov website. Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species cannabis sativa that contains only minute (typically [...]

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NEW POLL: 74% of Americans Support Alternative Penalties for Marijuana

April 26, 2012 | 1 views | No Comments

A new poll, published today by Angus Reid Public Opinion, looks at the changing attitudes towards marijuana possession penalties in the UK, Canada, and the United States. The poll surveyed 1,011 Americans, 2,015 Britons, and 1,005 Canadians during March of this year. The results show that an overwhelming majority of citizens in these countries no longer believe marijuana possession should result in jail time. From Angus Reid: Majorities of respondents in the three countries (Britain 56%, Canada 68%, United States 74%) welcome the concept of using alternative penalties—such as fines, [...]

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Was It The Odor Or Posted Photo On Instagram? Regardless, Wiz Khalifa Busted In Music City

April 26, 2012 | 2 views | No Comments

The Tennessean reported last night that popular musician Wiz Khalifa and a friend were busted in Nashville after police received complaints of the strong odor of cannabis apparently emanating from Wiz’s hotel room (I’m shocked!). After unsuccessfully trying to ditch a blunt out a window upon police entry, the pair were busted. Every 38 seconds in America, another cannabis consumer is busted on ganja charges (850,000 per year), and with a pro-cannabis profile as high as Wiz’s (heck, hours before he was busted he posted a photo to Instagram depicting his [...]

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