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"Radical" Russ Belville
I am the producer of The NORML Network, the host of the NORML SHOW LIVE and The NORML Stash Blog, and NORML's Outreach Coordinator. I'm married, live in Portland, Oregon, and I am a registered medical marijuana caregiver in this state. I've worked days as an IT geek and nights as a professional musician. Previously, I have been the host of my own political talk radio show on satellite radio. I've been the High Times "Freedom Fighter of the Month" and I travel across the country to educate people on marijuana reform. I've dedicated my life to bringing an end to adult marijuana prohibition and re-legalizing cannabis hemp, and I'm honored to be chosen by NORML to give voice to the Marijuana Nation and to speak for those who can't speak up.
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 27, 2011
President Obama answers legalization question; SSgt John Darker USAF says legalize drugs; USVI announces first hempfest; music by Ultimate Rage and SuggaDog
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged Ask Obama, British Columbia, California, Groovin' Thursday, John Doe Radio, obama, Open for Questions, Radical Rant, Stickam, YouTube
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 27, 2011
Legalization is a legitimate topic for debate? Great! Name the time and place. We’ve been prepping for this debate for forty years. Make it a televised two-hour debate with live online and call-in voting, a la American Idol. The ratings would be historic and you (not we) will be surprised by the results of the [...]
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged Ask Obama, Obama Administration, Open for Questions, YouTube
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 27, 2011
At its core, however, it retains the premise that responsible adult marijuana consumers must be persuaded by our government, through drug tests, drug courts, forced rehab, and incarceration, into not consuming cannabis.
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGISLATION, SCIENCE | Tagged Ask Obama, Obama Administration, Open for Questions, YouTube
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 27, 2011
There are 25,000,000 of us, Miles, who will consume cannabis this year. We tend to be better educated and have higher incomes than those who don’t. Rather than reaching for tired stoner stereotypes and pot pun headlines, why don’t you apply Occam’s Razor and realize that ending the drug war is a major concern among a vast number of Americans, some of whom don’t even use cannabis?
Posted in ABNORML NEWS, ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, LEGISLATION, SOCIETY | Tagged Ask Obama, Darius Miles, Open for Questions, Village Voice, YouTube
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 26, 2011
193,060 people have submitted 139,679 questions and cast 1,380,616 votes.
The top question, submitted by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, garnered 13,842 votes – over 1% of all votes cast (people could vote for more than one question).
Of the 193,060 people who voted more than 7% voted for the LEAP question. That’s about one in fourteen people who took the time to Ask Obama.
Posted in ACTIVISM, GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGISLATION, SCIENCE | Tagged Ask Obama, LEAP, Open for Questions, YouTube
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 26, 2011
Erik Williams from CampaignsWon.com on Connecticut medmj and decrim; Dr. Mitch Earleywine answers live questions; music by Queen Omega.
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged Cannabis Science, Connecticut, Dr. Mitch Earleywine, ganja baby, Government at Work, Hillary Clinton, Irie Wednesday, Laguna Hills, queen omega
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 26, 2011
A video recap of the Top 100 questions at YouTube in the Ask Obama forum, with embed code for your website.
Posted in ACTIVISM, ECONOMICS, ENTERTAINMENT, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION, SCIENCE, SOCIETY | Tagged Ask Obama, Open for Questions, YouTube
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 26, 2011
NORML and Drug Policy Alliance will be highlighting the Top 100 Most Popular Questions all being about marijuana legalization and ending the drug war. Get this color poster of the Top Ten to help make the point.
Posted in ACTIVISM, ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION, SCIENCE, SOCIETY | Tagged Ask Obama, Open for Questions, You Tube
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 25, 2011
So here they are, out of 97,344 people who have submitted 77,551 questions and cast 826,973 votes, these are the Top 100 Questions (as of Tuesday, 10pm Pacific). I’ve taken the liberty of color-coding questions about the Drug War in white, questions about you ignoring our questions about the Drug War in yellow, and questions not about the Drug War in red.
Wait, make that the Top 101 Questions, so I can have at least one red question… Click the graphics to read the full-sized version…
Posted in ACTIVISM, ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION, SCIENCE | Tagged Barack Obama, Change.gov, obama, Obama Administration, Open for Questions, YouTube, YouTube Citizen's Forum
By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 25, 2011
The idea that someone facing a drug test to keep their unemployment will stop using drugs and thereby get off the dole ignores what we know about human nature. Since cannabis is the main drug caught in drug tests, those looking for a break from the rigors of poverty will turn to drink and other drugs (any other one, they all dissipate from the body within about a weekend) and synthetic cannabinoids that aren’t tested for. Others will fail the tests, lose their assistance, and rather than just politely shuffling off to some back alley to die, some will steal and rob in order to survive.
Posted in ACTIVISM, FAMILIES, GOVERNMENT, SCIENCE | Tagged Appalachia, Drug Testing, SC Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, South Carolina, unemployment, unemployment benefits
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