Welcome To The NORML Women’s Alliance
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:57:08 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), the nation’s oldest and most well respected grassroots marijuana
Meeting Notes Jan 6th, 2010
TX NORML open meeting notes, Jan 6th, 2010 Texas NORML’s year in review At last month’s meeting we reviewed the happenings of 2009. Also talked about these stories: Pot more
8th Circuit Court rules industrial hemp is still marijuana
December 30th, 2009 By: Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator (Courthouse News Service) – Two North Dakota farmers failed to convince the 8th Circuit that cannabis grown for industrial hemp is
2009: The Year In Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy
#1 Obama Administration: Don’t Focus On Medical Marijuana Prosecutions United States Deputy Attorney General David Ogden issued a memorandum to federal prosecutors in October directing them to not “focus federal
Marijuana Legalization Zeitgeist In America To Continue Into 2010: Federal Government Lags Behind The States
December 13th, 2009 By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director Already Four States Have Marijuana Legalization Bills In Play; Californians To Vote On Legalization in 2010 It can readily be
DEA Forced to Scrub Misleading Info on the American Medical Association’s Position on Marijuana
Activists get the DEA to remove obsolete information from its website claiming that the American Medical Association (AMA) still opposes medical marijuana By Charmie Gholson, AlterNet. Posted December 7, 2009.
The Feds Are Addicted to Pot — Even If You Aren’t
The government keeps pushing the BS that pot is addictive and has serious health consequences. And no wonder — lying about pot is a lucrative business. By Paul Armentano, AlterNet.
Tobacco-Related Health Costs: $800; Booze-Related Health Costs: $165; Pot-Related Health Costs: $20 — Any Questions?
November 17th, 2009 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Health-related costs per user are eight times higher for drinkers than they are for those who use cannabis, and are more
AMA Calls For Ending The “Schedule I Lie”
November 10th, 2009 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The Schedule I federal classification of cannabis — which states that, by law, the marijuana plant and its natural compounds have
Prohibitionists Don’t Read The Papers
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:06:56 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Say what you will about prohibitionists — and I say plenty — but, if nothing else, they are consistent.
Pot Is More Mainstream Than Ever, So Why Is Legalization Still Taboo?
Obama’s drug czar has said “legalization” isn’t in his vocabulary. Here’s why it should be. By Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. Posted October 29, 2009. More members of Congress have publicly questioned
Pot Arrests Responsible For Majority Of Marijuana Treatment Referrals
Arlington, VA: Nearly six out of ten individuals enrolled in drug treatment for marijuana were referred there by the criminal justice system, according to a new report issued by the
Gallup: U.S. Support for Legalizing Marijuana Reaches New High
Majority in the West favors taxing marijuana sales to boost state revenues by Lydia Saad – October 19, 2009 PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup’s October Crime poll finds 44% of Americans
Breaking News: President Obama Issues New Medical Marijuana Guidelines
October 19th, 2009 By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director In what can only be described as major departure in the so-called ‘war on drugs’, the Obama Administration is issuing
Texas Monthly October Feature Article – Texas High Ways: Why the unlikeliest of states—ours—should legalize marijuana.
by William Martin Read entire article at Texas Monthly online here: http://www.texasmonthly.com/2009-10-01/feature4-1.php IN THE EARLY YEARS of the twentieth century, as they poured across the border into Texas, Mexican immigrants