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We live in a representative democracy.  That means we elect people to make decisions on our behalf. But some state constitutions, like Michigan’s, give the people the opportunity to have the final word through ballot referendums. That happened h…

The debate on whether marijuana should be legalized, or at least decriminalized, has been simmering for years. Decriminalization involves merely removing an offence from the Criminal Code, while allowing the activity to be prohibited by other means suc…

Almost as if on cue from a movie director, the head of the Judiciary Committee in the US House of Representatives, ‘conservative’ Republican from Texas Lamar Smith, has provided both cannabis law reformers and the general public a typical up-close view of why the US Congress—the creator of Cannabis Prohibition laws in 1937 and later [...]

First charges handed down after medical pot raidsForbesThree medical marijuana providers were arraigned Thursday in the first criminal case stemming from a series of federal raids that placed a chill over a once-booming pot industry and preceded sweepi…

FreedomisgreenGovernor LePage signs off on medical marijuana lawWGMEGovernor Paul LePage has signed off on some changes to the state's medical marijuana law. The new law, which LePage signed Friday morning, is aimed to protect the privacy of medica…

Bolivia is preparing to withdraw from the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs to protest its classification of coca leaves as an illegal drug. A law that would do just that has already passed t…

Two House members introduced a bill Thursday that would remove marijuana from the list of federal controlled substances and cede to the states enforcement of laws governing pot. The legislation would eliminate marijuana-specific penalties under federal…

It’s been forty years since President Nixon declared a “war on drugs.” And we’re not winning. In local communities, Black and Latino men are being singled out unfairly and fed into the prison system for minor drug offenses; in M…

Today, a bi-partisan group of representatives introduced the first federal bill since 1937 aimed at ending marijuana prohibition. To coincide with the bill’s introduction NORML is launching a new public service announcement featuring NORML Advisory Board member, country music icon, and cannabis enthusiast Willie Nelson. In the video below, Willie calls on you to support [...]

Led by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) a bipartisan group of US representatives Thursday introduced the first bill ever to legalize marijuana at the federal level. The bill wouldleave it to the s…