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BREAKING NEWS: Colorado’s Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act Qualifies for 2012 Ballot

February 27, 2012 | 2 views | No Comments

Residents of Colorado will have the opportunity to vote in favor of ending marijuana prohibition this November. Today, the “Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act” was approved for the ballot by Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler. With this confirmation, Colorado now joins Washington as one of two states where measures specific to legalizing cannabis will appear on the electoral ballot. Backers of the initiative had previously turned in over 160,000 signatures. However, the Secretary of State’s office on February 3 responded that petitioners still needed an additional 2,500 valid signatures from [...]

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WA: New Poll Shows 47% of Likely Voters Support I-502, 15% Undecided

February 25, 2012 | 2 views | No Comments

A new survey of likely Washington state voters by Public Policy Polling shows 47% percent support I-502, an initiative to legalize and regulate marijuana for adult use. Only 39% of respondents were opposed and 15% remained undecided. New Approach Washington, the group backing the initiative, turned in about 278,000 valid signatures at the end of January, a little over 20,000 more than required to qualify for the ballot. Since the legislature has declined action on the initiative, it will almost certainly go before voters in Washington this November. For more information and updates on [...]

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NORML’s Official Reply To ‘Patients Against I-502’

February 24, 2012 | 2 views | No Comments

NORML supports (and publicly endorses when requested by the principal organizers) marijuana legalization, regulation, and medical use initiatives that qualify for the state ballot, so long as they move us closer to full legalization, even if they contain provisions we do not believe should be included in a perfect proposal. Every cannabis law reform initiative dating back to the 1972 proposal in CA has included some flaws, but nonetheless when the initiatives have been approved, marijuana consumers, (including those who use cannabis for medical reasons) benefit by legal protections that did not exist under prior law. [...]

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Pot Legalization Activists Caught in a ‘Cannabis Conundrum’

February 24, 2012 | 1 views | No Comments

About 75 years ago, parliamentarians sounded the alarm over an emerging “menace” — marijuana — that if left unchecked, could have “far-reaching, poisonous and demoralizing effects” on the country’s youth, according to debate records.
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This Week in Weed: February 19th – 25th

February 24, 2012 | 3 views | No Comments

Click here to subscribe to NORMLtv and receive alerts whenever new content is added. The newest installment of “This Week in Weed” is now streaming on NORMLtv. This week, states that implement medical marijuana programs see a drop in suicides and Colorado activists turn in what should be the final batch of signatures to get the “Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act” on the ballot in November. Be sure to tune in to NORMLtv every week to catch up on the latest marijuana news. Subscribe to NORMLtv or follow us on [...]

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Breaking News: Marijuana Law Reform Measures Move Forward In New Hampshire

February 24, 2012 | 4 views | No Comments

A pair of House bills that seek to dramatically reform the state’s marijuana laws are pending votes on the House floor. On Tuesday, members of the House Criminal Justice Committee voted 9 to 7 in favor of HB 1526, which reduces the penalties for minor marijuana possession offenses (up a half ounce) from a criminal misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,000 fine to a nominal monetary penalty ($250 for the first offense), no arrest, and no criminal record. On Thursday, members of this same [...]

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