Yet Another Way Drug Testing Fails: Baby Products Linked To False Positive Drug Test Results In Newborns

Yet Another Way Drug Testing Fails: Baby Products Linked To False Positive Drug Test Results In Newborns

[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from next week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's news alerts and legislative advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up here.] Commercially available baby soaps and other wash products that are commonly used with newborns may yield false positive results for THC in immunoassay drug screens, according to a just published study in the journal Clinical Biochemistry. Investigators at the University of North Carolina, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, assessed the impact of various baby wash products on drug-free urine [...]

NWA Winter Wrap-Up 2012

NWA Winter Wrap-Up 2012

It has been a very busy, yet exciting new year for the NORML Women’s Alliance. Over the winter, we have continued to develop the program by pushing forward with outreach events, local activism, filling leadership roles and generating media coverage.

Jacksonville Police Kill Armed Man in Drug Raid

A Jacksonville, Florida, narcotics detective shot and killed an armed man during a drug raid aimed at arresting a small-scale crack dealer Thursday. Juan Montrice Lawrence, 40, becomes the 22rd person to die in US…

Oaksterdam’s Richard Lee Speaks Out on Federal Raids of His University And Home

Oaksterdam’s Richard Lee Speaks Out on Federal Raids of His University And Home

On today’s episode of NORML SHOW LIVE we spoke live with Richard Lee, founder of Oaksterdam University.  Click this link to hear the interview. Richard told me he’s doing as well as can be expected when federal agents violate your home and business.  He tells us the nature of the federal warrants that were served Monday in early morning raids. Richard was “treated well” by the authorities – “they didn’t even break anything,” he told us – and he was not arrested, though that possibility still exists. Most remarkably, Richard [...]

Hazy Marijuana Laws

Hazy Marijuana Laws

Richard Lee has been one of the state’s most visible activists for liberalized marijuana laws, having spent $1.5 million of his own money supporting an ill-fated ballot initiative in 2010 to decriminalize recreational use. But Lee is also an entrepreneur in the legally cloudy arena of medical marijuana, and on Monday the Internal Revenue Service [...]

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