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…
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Posted in NORML Board Of Directors’ Declaration: Federal Blowback Against Medical Cannabis Must Cease
February 15, 2012 | 1 views | 1 Comment
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 [...]
Cannabis Culture News LIVE: Canadian Marijuana Activists Make Waves
February 10, 2012 | 4 views | No Comments
CANNABIS CULTURE – Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. In this episode: Canadian marijuana activists Marco Renda (of Treating Yourself and Vape on the Lake) and Jodie Emery (of Can…
NORML SHOW LIVE Coverage of HIGH TIMES Medical Cannabis Cup Los Angeles This Weekend
February 10, 2012 | 13 views | No Comments
If you’re not able to attend this weekend’s HIGH TIMES Medical Cannabis Cup in Los Angeles, here at The NORML Network we’ve got the next best thing. Tune in Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 7pm Pacific Time at http://live.norml.org for all the panels, presentations, interviews, and floor tours from LA Center Studios. We’ll also be presenting our “It’s 4:20 Somewhere” raffles. At every 4:20 in America – Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska, and Hawaii Time – we’ll be raffling off a prize package of NORML buttons, stickers, pins, books, [...]
8 States May Legalize Marijuana This Year – Did Yours Make the List?
February 9, 2012 | 6 views | No Comments
2012 has only just begun and it is already shaping up to be one of the most exciting and active years for marijuana law reform in some time. More than a dozen state legislatures are currently considering reform measures in some respect and 8 states are attempting to put legalization initiatives before voters this November. Many of these efforts are still in the signature gathering stage. Check out the list below to see if you might be able to vote ‘Yes’ on marijuana legalization in your state this year and [...]
Why Is the Obama Administration Suddenly Fixated on Stomping Out Medical Pot?
February 9, 2012 | 6 views | No Comments
At the same time public support for marijuana legalization reached record highs, Obama shifted from one time medicinal cannabis sympathizer to White House weed-whacker. NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano writes a critical assessment of the current administration’s preoccupation with interfering in state marijuana reform efforts on AlterNet: Broken promises are nothing new in Washington, DC. Yet even by the Beltway’s jaded standards, President Obama’s role reversal from one time medicinal cannabis sympathizer to White House weed-whacker is remarkable. Indeed, the man who once pledged on the campaign trail that he was “not going to [...]
