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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 March 30, 2012
About 10 percent of the positive marijuana results and 30 percent of the positive cocaine tests did not meet widely accepted scientific standards and should not have been reported to police and prosecutors.
Posted in LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCIENCE | Tagged drug test, Indiana
By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 30, 2012
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of American Adults shows that 47% now believe the country should legalize and tax marijuana in order to help solve the nation’s fiscal problems. Forty-two percent (42%) disagree, while 10% are undecided.
Posted in SCIENCE | Tagged 2012, Gallup, gallup poll, Legalization, Rasmussen
By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 29, 2012
Tere Joyce with Patrick Duff, fighting charges related to religious use of marijuana; Rant: The Real Threat of Impaired Drivers; music by Pep Love
Posted in ACTIVISM | Tagged Arizona, California, Discovery Channel, Dispensary, drug raid, Ganja Jon, Groovin' Thursday, Hollywood, Maine, NORML SHOW LIVE, Patrick Duff, Portland, Radical Rant, SWAT, Weed Wars
By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 29, 2012
Public defenders in the Bronx said more than 40 percent of the marijuana arrests they investigated in their borough between May and October 2011 show violations of constitutional rights and problems with evidence. Many of these unlawful arrests, defense lawyers said, were made after an internal NYPD order directing all officers to follow the law when making marijuana arrests.
Posted in LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged New York, NYPD, Stop and frisk
By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 29, 2012
Nothing would please us more than to be able to continue with future episodes of “Weed Wars.” Unfortunately the Discovery Channel has made a much different decision and will no longer continue with future episodes. We do not know why, nor do we understand why, they made that decision.
Posted in ENTERTAINMENT | Tagged Discovery Channel, Harborside, Steven DeAngelo, Weed Wars
By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 29, 2012
Drug enforcement officers in upstate New York bashed through an elderly man’s front door only to discover that they had the wrong address.
Auburn resident Fred Skinner, 76, says he was eating toast at the breakfast table earlier this month when authorities raided his home in the Finger Lakes region.
Posted in LAW ENFORCEMENT | Tagged Fred Skinner, Huffington Post, New York, police, raid
By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 29, 2012
“What About the Stoned Drivers?!?” is built on a false premise that once we legalize marijuana, suddenly there will be stoned drivers. It’s as if without legalization, there are no pot smokers, which, of course, is ludicrous. On the other hand, here are some scary drivers that legislators never seem to mention. An estimated one in six fatal crashes — nearly 17 percent — involves a drowsy driver, which is about four to five times higher than previous studies have found. And drowsy drivers are involved in one in eight crashes that result in serious injury, the report found.
Posted in SCIENCE, SOCIETY | Tagged 5 hour energy, driving, DUID, energy drinks, per se DUID
By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 28, 2012
Dr. Mitch addresses drug testing inaccuracies, THC and Parkinson’s, and two live callers’ questions; Rant: The Culture Excuse; music by The Expendables
Posted in NORML SHOW LIVE | Tagged California, Cannabis Science, Colombia, Dispensary, Dr. Mitch Earleywine, Irie Wednesday, Michigan, Montana, Radical Rant, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Expendables
By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 28, 2012
Hat tip to Doobi.us who alertly noticed this scene from AMC’s The Walking Dead, the favorite zombie series of myself and Mrs. Radical. It’s from Season 2, Episode 8 (“Nebraska”) where Rick and Glenn (pictured) are tracking down Hershel, who has decided to escape the zombie apocalypse in a bottle of bourbon at an abandoned tavern.
Posted in ABNORML NEWS, ENTERTAINMENT | Tagged The Walking Dead, zombies
![Former Colombian President: U.S. "does not want to accept that people consume [drugs]"](http://stash.norml.org/images/flag/col.gif)
By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 28, 2012
“Society does not want to accept that people consume [drugs],” he told RCN Radio in Colombia. “You cannot turn away from reality. We cannot accept that theory. [American politicians] may prefer not to talk about it. We cannot accept it.. We cannot be condemned to live in war because Americans do not want to talk about it. No one speaks in favor of the war on drugs.”
Posted in GOVERNMENT, SOCIETY | Tagged Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, Colombia, Legalization, war on drugs
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