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Colorado Lawmakers Approve First-In-The-Nation Regulations G...

Colorado lawmakers made history Wednesday by approving first-in-the nation regulations governing the retail production and sale of cannabis to those age 21 and older. Lawmakers' proposals come six months after 55 percent of state voters approved Amendment 64, which legalizes the adults possession and cultivation of limited ...

Vermont: Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Measu...

Members of the Senate this week approved legislation to significantly reduce marijuana possession penalties. On Tuesday, Senators voted 24 to 6 in favor of a House measure that amends the penalty for the possession of personal use amounts of marijuana and/or marijuana paraphernalia by a person 21 years of age or older from ...

Missouri: Epilepsy Patient Defies Law To Fend Off Seizures W...

By Steve Elliott Hemp News Missouri's not a medical marijuana state, but Ken Wells says he's been smoking pot for decades. He has epilepsy, and he says his condition is eased by using cannabis. "I do it the way I do my other medications -- a measured amount each day," Wells said, reports Anthony Kiekow at Fox 2 Now. Ken ...

Florida: Lawsuit Filed To Restore 63-Year-Old Patient's Acce...

By Steve Elliott Hemp News A 63-year-old Florida woman with Lou Gehrig's disease wants her medical marijuana back -- and she's going to court to make sure the cops never confiscate her pot plants again. The back yard of Cathy Jordan, director of the Florida Cannabis Action Network, was raided on February 25 by Manatee Co...

The HCG Weight Reduction Process

The hcg weight reduction process involves task an extremely low fat diet followed closely by hcg for dieting solutions. The hcg solutions can sometimes be given as injections or alternately, the people can simply take oral hcg drops. Lots of people who’ve attempted the hcg weight loss process noted a weight loss of 1 to thr...

Florida: Lou Gehrig’s Disease Patient Sues for Cannabis Prot...

Longtime Florida activist Cathy Jordan, a 63-year-old woman who consumes cannabis to mitigate symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS aka Lou Gehrig's disease), a debilitating condition that she has lived with since 1986, today filed a suit against Sheriff Brad Steube of Manatee County, FL. Ms. Jordan alleges wrongfu...

Study: Cannabinoid Agonists Mitigate HIV Infection

The administration of synthetic cannabinoid agonists limits HIV infection in macrophages (white blood cells that aid in the body's immune response), according to preclinical data published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology. Investigators at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia assessed the impact of three ...

California: Supreme Court Upholds Authority Of Cities To Pro...

The California Supreme Court ruled today that municipalities possess the legal authority to prohibit the establishment of medical cannabis dispensaries. The unanimous ruling upheld a 4th District Court of Appeals opinion (City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients' Health and Wellness Center, Inc.) which held that local zo...

Ohio Lawmaker Introduces Measure to Put Marijuana Legalizati...

Representative Robert F. Hagan (D-Youngstown) has introduced a measure that would put marijuana legalization on the ballot before state voters. House Joint Resolution 6 would place a question on the Ohio ballot asking voters to approve allowing people 21 or older to purchase and use marijuana. Under this proposal marijuana ...

California: Feds Continue Attacks on Medical Marijuana Colle...

By Steve Elliott Hemp News The federal crackdown on medical marijuana continues, with the feds sending landlord threat letters from the U.S. Department of Justice to collectives. A new round of letters went out this week to landlords and collectives throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Many California cities have had s...

Ohio: Lawmaker Introduces Marijuana Legalization and Medical...

By Steve Elliott Hemp News An Ohio lawmaker has introduced two proposals, one of which would allow patients with certain conditions to use marijuana medicinally, and another which would provide Ohioans the chance to legalize recreational marijuana at the ballot box. Rep. Robert Hagan (D-Youngstown) introduced the proposa...

DARE to Legalize!

Many of us have childhood memories involving a police officer trying to terrify us with outright lies and exaggerations about marijuana. Now you can show them their attempts to indoctrinate you with disinformation have failed with this new NORML t-shirt. Dare to resist Drug War lies and propaganda. Dare to legalize. Ending ...

Maine Marijuana Legalization Bill Scheduled for Committee He...

LD 1229, which aims to make Maine the third state to tax and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol, has been scheduled for a hearing before the Joint Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety this Friday at 10am. The measure was introduced with the support of primary sponsor Representative Diane Russell (D...

A Millennial Manifesto for Marijuana Law Reform

While marijuana represented a symbol of rebellion and counter culture to the boomer generation of the 60s and 70s - today, for us millennials, marijuana legalization simply makes good political and economic sense.

Fox News Poll: Nationwide Support For Medical Marijuana Lega...

Nearly nine out of ten Americans -- including 80 percent of self-identified Republicans -- now say that marijuana should be legal if its use is authorized by a physicians, according to nationwide Fox News telephone poll of 1,010 registered voters. The poll, released today, was conducted by under the direction of Anderson Ro...

New York Times OpDoc: A True Satire Of The War on Some Drugs

While there is nothing genuinely funny about a seventy-five year prohibition on cannabis that has arrested over 25 million cannabis consumers, making fun of the failed policy never goes out of style, especially when done right, with aplomb, which the NORML staff occasionally highlights on an otherwise serious-minded public ...

Government Accountability Office Says The Drug War Isn’t Wor...

The federal government's anti-drug efforts are inefficient and ineffective, according to a just released report issued by the Congressional watchdog agency, the General Accountability Office (GAO).

Is Puerto Rico Joining The Pot Legalization Parade Too?

With little media attention stateside, Senator Miguel Pereira has introduced legislation that would legalize marijuana in the US territory of Puerto Rico. Also, activists for marijuana law reform took to the streets of San Juan this past 4/20 weekend to show public support–one of the first public rallies ever in Puerto Rico...

Washington Post: Can We Prescribe Medical Marijuana To Kids?

In another positive sign of the times for cannabis law reform, please find below a new video from the Washington Post’s The Fold looking at a couple of different situations where parents faced the legal-moral dilemma of whether or not to follow a physician’s recommendation for their young child to use cannabis as a therapeu...

Get NORML on 4/20!

Get NORML this 4/20 with one of the dozens of events being hosted across the country by our affiliate groups. There are events going on across the country including festivals, concerts, comedy shows, softball tournaments, and more. Check out some of these activities on the list below. If you don’t see your state listed belo...

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