[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's news alerts and legislative advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up here.] The enactment of statewide laws allowing for the limited use of cannabis therapeutically is associated with reduced instances of suicide, according to a discussion paper …
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Feb 21
Cato Unbound: Ending Cannabis Prohibition in America
Originally published @ Cato Unbound, as part of a series of essays on ending the government’s failed war against cannabis Ending Cannabis Prohibition in America The now forty-year-old organized effort to reform cannabis laws in America is on the precipice of major socio-political reforms with approximately fifty percent of the population no longer supporting the …
Feb 20
Pot, a President and President’s Day
By George Rohrbacher, NORML Board member Originally published April 22, 2010, ‘Abraham Lincoln Was A Hempster’ Update: National Public Radio reports that more books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than any other human who has ever lived–second only to Jesus Christ. More than 15,000 books have been penned about ol’ Abe. An impressive 35-foot …
Feb 19
This Week in Weed: February 12th-18th
Click here to subscribe to NORMLtv and receive alerts whenever new content is added. The first new installment of “This Week in Weed” of 2012 is now streaming on NORMLtv. This week, Delaware’s Governor slams the brakes on his state’s medical marijuana program, marijuana decriminalization may go before Detroit voters this year, and NORML announces …
Feb 18
Florida’s Drug-Testing of the Poor Proves a Failure, but Some States Still Want to Follow their Example
By Kellen Russoniello, George Washington University Law student and NORML Legal Intern The recent push for implementing drug testing for potential welfare recipients across several states has revealed at least two things: 1. The policy is not economically sound; and 2. It really brings out the hypocrisy in some elected officials. Last summer, Florida implemented …