Marijuana law reform legislation is pending in nearly 30 states this 2012 legislative session. Is your state among them? Find out here. More importantly, have you taken the time to call or write your state elected officials this year and urged them to support these pending reforms? If not, NORML has provided you with all of the tools to do so via our capwiz ‘Take Action Center’ here. (FYI: NORML’s capwiz page is specific to legislation only, not ballot initiative efforts. A summary pending 2012 ballot initiative campaigns may be [...]
Gov. Christie’s Pot Program Delay Is Sabotage
Gov. Chris Christie and the state health department have intentionally delayed New Jersey’s medical marijuana program in an effort to sabotage it, the CEO of one of the state’s six medical marijuana dispensaries claims in a letter sent this week to Christie’s office. And now, he’s ready to quit. “I would like to withdraw from [...]
Mexico Church Divided Over Drug Wars
The street vendors outside the iconic Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City are doing a roaring trade.
Everything from incense and candles to huge portraits of the Pope are flying off the shelves. Unfortunately for Benedict XVI, they are pictures of his…
White Paper: Drug Testing Results Often Inaccurate, Unreliable
[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.] Drug screening results, including those from federally certified labs, may not always be reliable, according to a white paper published online this week by the National Workrights Institute. “[Government] certified drug testing laboratories have significant reliability problems and that the government’s assurances that false positive test results are a thing of the past is untrue,” the paper concludes. The NWI [...]
Medical Marijuana Bills Advance in New England
Medical marijuana bills are moving in New England. On Wednesday, a Connecticut joint committee approved a bill there, and on Thursday, a New Hampshire Senate committee approved one there.
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