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Like The War On Some Drugs? Thank Dems’ VP Pick Senator Joe Biden!
By Dominic Holden, Member, NORML Board of Directors Obama selecting Biden is a punch to the gut. Like that sickening feeling you got as a high school freshman, walking up the steps to the big...
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America’s Marijuana Prohibition Apologist-in-Chief: John Walters
Someone should clue in neo-con John Walters (who Drug Policy Alliance director Ethan Nadelmann aptly described once as Bill Bennett’s ‘Mini-Me’) that he no longer is compelled by statute to lie about...
View ArticleWill Marijuana Legalization Voters Help Democrats this November?
Ryan Grim at Huffington Post reports on the notion going round political circles that California’s Prop 19 (and, to a lesser extent, medical marijuana initiatives in Arizona and South Dakota, and...
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Weed The People: Cannabis and The Constitution
Update: Inexplicably, the Republican leadership chose to CENSOR reading the 18th Amendment today. Ugh. Today, as first act for the Republican led 112th Congress, the new majority is going to read the...
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First the States, Now Congress OKs Drug-Testing for Unemployment Benefits
By Kellen Russoniello, student, George Washington University Law Center and NORML legal intern [Update: A federal judge ruled on April 26, 2012 that Florida's drug testing law for unemployment benefits...
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North Carolina Democratic Party Passes Resolutions in Support of Medical...
Hot on the heels of the Texas Democratic Party’s endorsement of marijuana decriminalization, the North Carolina Democratic Party endorsed two resolutions in support of marijuana law reform of their...
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Montana Republicans and Democrats Latest to Adopt Marijuana Reform Measures...
Not to be outdone by the Democrats, whose state parties in Washington, Colorado, North Carolina, Texas, and Iowa have all recently adopted pro-reform policies in their platforms, the Montana...
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Pelosi: I Support Congressional Efforts to Recognize the Medical Benefits of...
US Representative and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) today reiterated her support for the legalization of medical cannabis and called for congressional efforts to recognize the plant’s...
View ArticleFox News Poll: Nationwide Support For Medical Marijuana Legalization At All...
Nearly nine out of ten Americans — including 80 percent of self-identified Republicans — now say that marijuana should be legal if its use is permitted by a physician, according to nationwide Fox News...
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Poll: Majority Of Voters Support Legalizing Adult Use Of Marijuana
Fifty-five percent of registered voters believe that the personal use of marijuana should be legal, according to national tracking poll data compiled by Morning Consult – a Washington DC consulting...
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Poll: Majority Of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana
A majority of Americans, including two-thirds of Democrats, believe that marijuana should be legal for adults, according to nationwide survey data compiled by YouGov.com. Fifty-two percent of...
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Happy 4/20! NORML Unveils Our 2016 Congressional Scorecard
NORML would like to wish you a Happy 4/20! In honor of the annual holiday we are pleased to release our 2016 Congressional Scorecard. With 61 percent of American adults now advocating that “the use of...
View ArticlePoll: Two-Thirds of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana for Personal Use
An estimated two out of three Americans believe that cannabis should be legal for recreational purposes. Support for legalization was strongest among self-identified Democrats (79 percent) and...
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Analysis: Many Congressional Candidates Electing to Stay Silent on Cannabis...
“Voters’ views on the subject of legalizing and regulating cannabis have evolved significantly over the past decades; however, the views of those seeking to represent them in Congress have not kept...
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Poll: Three in Five Voters Say “Marijuana Should Be Legal Nationwide”
Voters' support for legalization was strongest among African Americans (72 percent), Democrats (71 percent), those between the ages of 18 and 44 (70 percent), Hispanics (67 percent), and Independents...
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Gallup: Majority of Republicans Support Legalization, but Partisan Gap Remains
Overall, 83 percent of Democratic-leaning respondents endorsed legalization as compared to 55 percent of Republican-leaning respondents. The post Gallup: Majority of Republicans Support Legalization,...
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