NORML – Working To Reform Marijuana Laws
Congress: House Passes National Criminal Justice Commission Act - Thu, 29 Jul 2010
On Tuesday, Congressional Representatives passed by voice vote H.R. 5143, the House version of the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010.
NORML first blogged about this federal legislation back in November, and encouraged supporters to contact their members of Congress in favor of this much-needed reform. This week the House did their part. Now it [...]
Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Are Coming to The Nation’s Capitol - Tue, 27 Jul 2010
[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's media advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up for NORML's free e-zine here.]
Members of Congress have declined to overrule legislation passed by the D.C. Council in May authorizing the establishment of regulated medical marijuana dispensaries in the [...]
Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) Sets Record Straight Regarding Prop. 19 - Thu, 22 Jul 2010
On Tuesday I penned a commentary for the Los Angeles Times rebutting Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s public condemnation of Prop. 19 — The Regulate, Control & Tax Cannabis Initiative of 2010.
Now the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), which provides non-partisan fiscal and policy advice, has come out with their own repudiation of Sen. Feinstein’s claims. Specifically, [...]
NORML Opposes President Obama’s Pick To Head The Drug Enforcement Administration - Wed, 21 Jul 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 21, 2010
Following Recent Raids, Medical Marijuana Advocacy Groups Call on President Obama to Withdraw Nomination of Michele Leonhart to be DEA Administrator
Obama’s DEA Head Must Follow Stated Medical Marijuana Policy, End Obstruction of Marijuana Research, and Base Marijuana Rescheduling on Science Rather than Ideology
CONTACT: Allen St. Pierre, Executive [...]
L.A. Times: “Feinstein’s Misguided Opposition to Marijuana Legalization” - Tue, 20 Jul 2010
Last week California’s senior senator, Democrat Dianne Feinstein cosigned the ballot argument against Prop. 19, The Regulate, Control & Tax Cannabis Initiative of 2010, which would allow adults 21 years or older to privately possess and cultivate marijuana for personal use.
Senator Feinstein’s public opposition is hardly surprising. After all, if there is one thing about [...]
Medical Cannabis Research
American Medical Association Opposes the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 - Sat, 24 Jul 2010
American Medical Association
Bureau of Legal Medicine and Legislation
Chicago, July 10, 1937
Hon. Pat Harrison
Chairman, Committee on Finance, United States Senate
Washington D.C.
SIR: I have been instructed by the board of trustees of the American Medical Association to protest on behalf of the association against the enactment in its present form of so much of H.R. 6906 as relates to the medicinal use of cannabis and its preparations and derivatives.
Cannabis & Neuropathic Pain, Dr. Abrams, Part 1 & Part 2 - Sat, 05 Jun 2010