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CNN Radio, Sunday, January 31, 3:40 – 4:20pm Pacific… it just worked out that way!

I’m happy to let you all know that I will be on national radio this Sunday, which just happens to be my 42nd birthday!
I’ll be the guest of Kyle Allison and Shane Bell on the CNN Radio program “Cultural Distortion” which [...]

As a general rule, NORML tends not to publicize or comment on ballot initiative drives — including campaigns we are involved in — until they have officially qualified for the ballot. But in this case, we (and the mainstream media) just couldn’t resist.
Pot Measure One Step Closer to California Ballot
via CBS.com
An initiative to make marijuana [...]

It’s the ‘Catch-22’ that has plagued medical marijuana advocates and patients for decades. Lawmakers and health regulators demand clinical studies on the safety and efficacy of medical cannabis, but the federal agency in charge of such research bars these investigations from ever taking place.
But it took until now for the federal government to finally admit [...]

Christopher Frizzo of Royal Oak said marijuana helps him battle symptoms of his multiple sclerosis.
But during a routine traffic stop Jan.  11, police took his medical marijuana and refused to return it, said Frizzo, 47.
Although he was approved by the state to use medical marijuana, he didn’t register for a state-approved caregiver [...]

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Friday ordered an Eagle Rock dispensary to stop selling medical marijuana in a decision city prosecutors believe is the first to conclude that state law does not allow collectives to sell the drug.
Judge James C.  Chalfant’s preliminary injunction applies only to Hemp Factory V, [...]

Baltimore, M.D. — Even as a proposal to legalize medical marijuana emerges in Maryland, a backlash over the burgeoning industry has developed in other states – and is likely to influence legislation here.
Last week, the Los Angeles City Council tried to rein in the growth of marijuana dispensaries, limiting the number to 70 and imposing [...]

California — It’s ironic that the straightest path toward clarity in laws surrounding marijuana may just be through the initiative process.
By now, it’s no secret that various groups have put forth ballot measures this election year to completely legalize the drug, which until now has only been legal as medicine. But that current qualified [...]

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