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This weekend on NORML SHOW LIVE, we take a look at the rising influence of women in the movement to end adult marijuana prohibition. In 2009, the Gallup poll found the support for legalization of marijuana among women rose by a whopping 12% in just four years! We’ll examine the trends that are causing women in greater numbers than ever before to support marijuana law reform.
Medical marijuana has certainly been part of the trend. We’ll visit with Dr. Julie Holland, author of the New York Times bestseller “Weekends at Bellevue”, her tale of nine years working in the psychiatric emergency room of the famous New York Hospital. Dr. Holland has been an effective advocate for medical marijuana recently on the NBC Today show.
Then we speak to Mieko Hester-Perez, a recent guest of Diane Sawyer’s on Good Morning America. Ms. Hester-Perez talks about the miracle medical marijuana has provided for her severely autistic son and the complications of treating him with a very controversial medicine.
We continue the discussions, looking beyond medical marijuana and into the so-called “Stiletto Stoner” phenomenon of young professional women who prefer marijuana over martinis when it comes to socializing and relaxing. We also cover the increasing number of mothers who are calling for an end to prohibition as a means of protecting their children from the harms of an unregulated black market. Our panel of NORML Women from coast to coast includes:
- Tonya Davis – NORML’s 2009 Pauline Sabin Award Winner and Executive Director of Miami Valley NORML in Ohio
- Anne Davis – NORML Legal Committee Attorney and NORML NJ Boardmember
- Cheryl Shuman – Executive Director of Beverly Hills NORML 90210
- Linda Adler – Executive Director of US Virgin Islands NORML
- Tanya Burgess – Georgia NORML Boardmember
These accomplished women will tell us why they’ve decided to join NORML and why other women should, too.
| You can hear the show live this Saturday night, from 6pm-8pm Pacific Time (9pm-11pm Eastern) by visiting http://live.norml.org or by clicking this player. You can also listen on your mobile phone and ask your questions to the panel by calling 347-994-1810. |
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Good poiny we need to get Conservitives for re-scheduling(at least schedule 2). Money and programs can be legaly spent on doing this research to find the actual pros and cons.
I wonder how cannabis would help with “high-functioning autism”? those people are far less affected, but still have autism.
Also, how exactly does cannabis help with autism?
I can’t deny the fact that it helps, but how exactly?
Really excited to hear Mieko. Her story took a piece of my heart when I heard it awhile back. Wonderful news for her son and on the other hand better news for her. Can anyone who doesn’t have an autistic child imagine the relief and loss of stress now in her life?
Haha Matt Lauer did NOT look comfortable with that segment at all. He kept trying to get those two women them to say bad things about cannabis or to admit that people who want to smoke a joint after work are DIFFERENT (in a bad way) than people who want to enjoy a glass of wine after work. His tone of voice when he wrapped up the segment was almost one of disappointment or disapproval, “All right… Appreciate it.” LOL GOOD FOR Dr. Julie Holland and Joanna Coles for not giving into Matt’s attempts to get them to admit that cannabis is “dangerous” or “worse than alcohol.”