It’s high time Texas grabbed prohibition by the horns! DFW NORML proudly presents the Texas Regional NORML Conference at the Norris Conference Center (304 Houston St. Fort Worth,...
On Friday, the Organization of American States (OAS) released a ground-breaking report on hemispheric drug control that includes not only an assessment of the current state of...
As our nation edges cautiously toward majority support for marijuana legalization, the millennial generation is leading the way more than any other demographic in history. Our generation...
Next Saturday, in over 200 cities worldwide, millions will come together to rally for an end to a failed drug war on cannabis and industrial hemp. Oregonians will...
Cannabis prohibition has staggering global consequences. Without real research into the subject, we’re left to conjecture about the extent of such irrational prohibition. But the stories which...
Marijuana prohibition now costs state and federal government as much as $20 billion a year, an economist told The Huffington Post — and legalization efforts are only...
As previewed last week on NORML’s blog, the Brookings Institute is convening a cannabis policy forum on Monday, April 15. In advance of the symposium, Brookings has released...
One of the most important Washington, DC think tanks, the Brookings Institute, is hosting a panel discussion on states’ efforts to legalize marijuana on April 15. Marijuana Legalization:...
After three years, the NORML Women’s Alliance has created the NORML Women’s Alliance Foundation as a separate entity to promote education and outreach to women. In January...
A common refrain in politics is that if you want to find the root cause of certain policies or stances, simply follow the money. Last week, U.S. News &...
Weedists: Meet Morgan Fox “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” Morgan Fox is the Communications Manager for Marijuana...
I am presenting at a symposium sponsored by the Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal, “The War on Drugs: Working Toward a Ceasefire,” this Wednesday 3/13...
Among the many hundreds of public policy concerns that Americans care and act upon, what are the top policy concerns in Congress for which citizens search? Military...
Eight former heads of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a joint statement Tuesday, calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to prevent Colorado and Washington from...
Marijuana prohibition experts should avoid alcohol prohibition comparisons. Legally prohibiting an intoxicant is an ineffective and ultimately detrimental approach to dealing with the potential harm...
Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational, and Scientific, by Martin Lee (2012, Scribners, 519 pp., $23.10 HC Amazon) Super-Charged: How Outlaws, Hippies, and Scientists Reinvented...
The California Cannabis Hemp & Health Initiative wants to be on the ballot in 2014. In California, if we gather enough signatures we can put an initiative...
Felicity @ BeyondChronic grapples with most cannabis prohibitionists’ excuse to keep alcohol and tobacco legal because they’re “part of our society,” yet ignore the fact that millions of Americans use...
NORML founder Keith Stroup’s book, It’s NORML to Smoke Pot: The Forty Year Fight for Marijuana Smokers’ Rights (Kindle Edition here), weaves the name-dropping tell-all with political commentary...
