“APD will no longer cite or arrest individuals with sufficient identification for Class A or Class B misdemeanor ‘possession of marijuana’ offenses.”
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Category: ACTIVISM
Nebraska: Activists Submit Over 182,000 Signatures to Qualify Proposed 2020 Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative
Activists gathered at the state capitol in Lincoln to turn in over 182,000 signatures from registered voters in an effort to qualify a medical cannabis legalization measure for the 2020 ballot.
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Nashville: District Attorney Ceasing Low-Level Marijuana Prosecutions
“Marijuana charges do little to promote public health, and even less to promote public safety.”
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Virginia: Marijuana Decriminalization Law Takes Effect Wednesday, July 1
Legislation passed this spring decriminalizes possession of up to one ounce of marijuana and seals the records of past convictions from public view.
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A Founder Looks at 50: The Early Legalization Movement – From LeMar to Amorphia to NORML
That enormous challenge of reversing marijuana prohibition would not have been possible without the earlier work of LeMar, Amorphia and those pot-head jazz musicians and hip poets.
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NORML Remembers Dr. Lester Grinspoon
Dr. Grinspoon’s extraordinary personal commitment to advancing both marijuana policy and the NORML organization demonstrated his deeply held belief that we all have an obligation to fight injustice whenever and wherever we find it.
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NORML Partners with Green Flower to Launch First-of-its-Kind Online Training Program for Cannabis Advocates
This 100% online course will teach you the essential tools and nuanced techniques NORML has deployed over the last 50 years to shape cannabis policy at the local, state, national, and international levels.
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A Founder Looks at 50: Willie Nelson — America’s Favorite Marijuana Smoker
For NORML’s 50th anniversary, every Friday we will be posting a blog from NORML’s Founder…
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A Founder Looks at 50: Willie Nelson — America’s Favorite Marijuana Smoker
His impact on NORML and the drive to legalize marijuana has been unique, and significant. Willie is a living billboard for marijuana smoking!
A Founder Looks at 50: The Important Role of Medical Experts in Support of Legalization
When I started NORML in late 1970 I realized that our movement would need the support of some courageous doctors and other health experts to overcome the widely-held perception that existed at that time that marijuana must remain a crime to protect the…