Contact your elected representatives and urge them to 'Stop Arresting Marijuana Smokers'. NORML Blog
March 26th, 2009
You are browsing the archive for March 26th, 2009.
Medical Marijuana passes Illinois House Committee
We’re writing you today with good news from Springfield. Yesterday, the Senate Public Health Committee voted 6 to 3 in favor of Senate Bill 1381, which seeks to make Illinois the fourteenth state to legalize the physician-supervised use of medical cannabis. This vote is a significant victory for medical marijuana patients in Illinois, and NORML [...]
Medical Marijuana passes Minnesota House Committee
The Minnesota House Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee voted 9-6 in favor of H.F. 292, the medical marijuana bill. This was the toughest committee the bill had to face in the House, and we are now closer than ever to protecting seriously ill Minnesotans from arrest and prison for using their doctor-recommended medicine. We [...]
Secretary of State Clinton: “Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade”
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US must take part of the blame for drug-related violence in Mexico. Speaking as she arrived in Mexico, she said America’s appetite for drugs and its inability to stop arms crossing the border were helping fuel the violence. Speaking to reporters accompanying her to Mexico City, Mrs [...]
Rick Steves’ letter on marijuana decriminalization
Rick Steves is the internationally-known travel writer who’s famous for his “Guide to Europe” series. He is also a longtime advisory board member of NORML. Following is the letter he has composed to every legislator in his home state of Washington to support marijuana decriminalization: Dear Legislator, I’d like to offer my view on SB [...]
Music: Rockin Thursday! – ‘I Just Wanna Get High’ by Chief Greenbud
Rockin Thursday sees the return of Stash favorite, Chief Greenbud, with his great new song which we can all relate to, “I Just Wanna Get High”. The Chief, one of the finest country rock musicians coming out of Tennessee, is currently nominated in both 2009 Marijuana Music Awards and the 2009 High Times Doobie Awards. [...]
Obama’s “Open for Questions”: even MSM notices how bad it was
As predicted, the questions were weak. However, on the plus side the mainstream media or at least the online version of same appears to be catching on to the flaws in the voting system that was used, with John Ward Anderson of The Politico offering “Pot-related questions deluge W.H.” (politico.com/news/stories/0309/20526.html). Likewise, Michael Scherer from Time [...]
Obama spokesman Gibbs: Marijuana Legalization is “not the right plan for America”
While an early AP wire story sported the headline “Obama says he opposes legalizing marijuana,” it should be noted that the president specifically only dismissed the notion that the “cash crop” would significantly boost the economy. However, later on Thursday afternoon during the White House press briefing after multiple reporters asked marijuana-related questions, Obama Administration [...]
Everett B: The perfect response to President Obama
I love you people. This just made it to my Inbox: Dear Mr. President I just watched your first online town hall meeting. I wanted you to know you just lost my vote and why. A very serious question was asked. A question that is on the forefront of the American peoples lives on a [...]
Wired Magazine: asking Obama to legalize pot is “the idiocy of trolls”
Once again the president opened up the “Open for Questions” section of whitehouse.gov to elicit questions from the public about government policy in America. Once again, marijuana legalization topped the list of questions voted on by the public. According to Wired magazine, Americans like you who express their support for ending the most failed federal [...]
President Obama: “Legalizing marijuana… is not a good strategy for growing our economy”
The more than 92,000 people who responded either have Cheech and Chong senses of humor or there is a deep concern in America — undetected by the media — about the decriminalization of marijuana, its possible use for medicinal purposes and its potential as a new source of tax revenue. Given the opportunity to say [...]