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This Week in Weed: April 29th – May 5th

May 3, 2012 | 2 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. This week: A new poll shows an overwhelming number of Americans are against prison for marijuana possession and two New England states move towards medical marijuana. 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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Citizen Advocacy 101 For Marijuana Legalization: Speak Your Mind

May 2, 2012 | 1 views | No Comments

It is very hard to imagine that Cannabis Prohibition could have ever lasted as long as it has–75 years in America–if there were: 1) The Internet…and it’s ability to allow citizens to directly communicate, sometimes en mass, at lightening speed and at little-to-no-cost (as compared to say the pre-Internet era where the capital start up costs and regulatory entanglements to reach the masses for TV, radio and newspapers were prohibitively high except for the most well-to-do). 2) Brave and forward-looking citizens like Frank Mattioli, from western New York, posting personal [...]

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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

This Week in Weed: April 22nd-28th

April 27, 2012 | 2 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. A week of federal officials with their heads buried in the sand. President Obama clarifies his stance on medical marijuana and the drug czar reiterates the administration’s opposition to industrial hemp. 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 [...]

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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, [...]

Posted in Activism, Law Enforcement, News

City of Miami Beach Settles False Arrest Case with Marijuana Rights Activist

April 26, 2012 | 5 views | No Comments

A staple joke from late night comedians, going back to George Carlin in the 1970s, is about how cannabis law reformers are too stoned to gather signatures and turn them in, when, ironically, or not, it is usually agents of the government who more often than not interfere with the democratic process of citizens gathering signatures in public to petition their government for grievance. A case example from a local effort in Miami Beach to reform the city’s cannabis laws has resulted in NORML-affiliated lawyers procuring a monetary settlement with [...]

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