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March 30th, 2009
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In California’s Medical Marijuana Truce, a Troubling Gray Legal Area
Marijuana advocates believe that what happens with Lynch will be a bellwether for other individuals currently facing charges related to medical marijuana. “All of these people are in a wild state of flux that Mr. Holder and Mr. Obama have placed them in,” says Allen St. Pierre, executive director of NORML. “[Charlie Lynch] is the [...]
Support decriminalization in Connecticut
SUBJECT: Judiciary To Vote THIS WEEK On Decriminalizing Marijuana As we wrote you last week, members of the Joint Committee on Judiciary heard testimony on Tuesday, March 24, in favor of Senate Bill 349, an act to reclassify the possession of minor amounts of marijuana from a misdemeanor to an infraction. Representatives from the Connecticut [...]
In Drug War, Mexico Fights Cartel and Itself
Mr. Calderón and his security team argue that the violence shows the desperation of the cartels as the government dismantles them. The D.E.A. agrees that the cartels are in their death throes, but it says it expects the violence to get worse in the near future. An effort is under way to change laws to [...]
Stash for Mon, Mar 30, 2009
Download link: Secret Stash – Register to access Hemp Headlines President Obama: “Elliot Ness took on Al Capone back during Prohibition, oftentimes that causes even more violence.” VA Sen Jim Webb Definitely Gets It NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up Pot and Politics Allen St. Pierre on NORML’s reaction to Obama’s Legalization joke, Jim Webb sentencing [...]
Music: Message Monday – ‘Leave the Trees Alone’ by Chezidek
Chezidek, from Jamaica, brings us Monday’s music with a Message with his song ‘Leave the Trees Alone’, nominated in the 2007 Marijuana Music Awards. Chezidek is a Herbalist, environmentalist and Rastaman who blazes the chalice and defends freedom for Cannabis. After 3 hit CDs, Chezidek is soon to release his 4th Album, ‘In This Time’. [...]
Senator Webb Reviews Criminal Justice
America’s criminal justice system needs repair. Prisons are overcrowded, sentencing policies are uneven and often unfair, ex-convicts are poorly integrated into society, and the growing problem of gang violence has not received the attention it deserves. For these and other reasons, a bill introduced last week by Senator Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, should be [...]
President Obama’s “Al Capone” comments on CBS Face the Nation
Watch CBS Videos Online Bob Schieffer asks the relevant question at the 11:09 mark of the video.
Attorneys: Apply for $1000 Scholarship to attend Aspen Legal Seminar
FREE MONEY! (or at least the CLE Scholarship Equivalent). CONORML is pleased to announce that the Hunter S. Thompson Scholarship is available for the second year. The NORML Legal Committee annual Aspen Conference (focusing on cannabis CLE) is scheduled for June 4th and 5th, 2009, at the GANT. Colorado NORML (National Organization for the Reform [...]
Medical marijuana in Maryland
Delegate Heller’s bill does not propose legalizing marijuana; it would not give drug dealers a license to peddle their wares. Rather, it would create a task force of health professionals to study the legal and practical implications of allowing marijuana to be used solely for medical purposes. At the very least, it would encourage officials [...]
VA Sen Jim Webb Definitely Gets It
With so many of our citizens in prison compared with the rest of the world, there are only two possibilities: Either we are home to the most evil people on earth or we are doing something different–and vastly counterproductive. Obviously, the answer is the latter. Drug offenders, most of them passive users or minor dealers, [...]