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Month: August 2001

Since 1992, every Thursday and when breaking news warrants, NORML | The NORML Foundation have been issuing weekly press releases for marijuana law supporters and the media.

NORML’s News Releases archives goes back to 1996 and serves as a valuable tool to alert citizens about cannabis-related news and legislation as well as a research tool for reviewing a chronology of marijuana law reform.

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World’s Largest Marijuana Legalization Rally to Be Held This Weekend in Seattle

More than 100,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Seattle Hempfest, taking place this…

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Bush Administration Contemplates Easing Ban on Student Aid For Marijuana Offenders

Department of Education (DOE) officials are preparing to reinterpret a 1998 law that threatens to…

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Marijuana Extracts for Pain Study To Begin in Canada

An English pharmaceutical company specializing in medicinal cannabis extracts has received permission to study the…

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Study Shows Therapeutic Benefits, No Adverse Effects in Long-Term Marijuana Users

A battery of medical tests on a cohort of chronic, legal medical marijuana smokers reveals…

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Illinois Hemp Study Nixed by Governor

Governor George Ryan (R) vetoed legislation Friday that would have allowed the University of Illinois…

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Health Canada to Fund Clinical Trial on Smoked Cannabis and Pain

Health Canada has agreed to fund one of the first ever peer-reviewed clinical trials on…

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Cops Destroy Native Americans’ Hemp PlantsCrop Not Subject to Fed’s Drug Laws, Sioux’s Assert

Federal drug enforcement agents recently destroyed several acres of hemp growing on the Pine Ridge…

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Drug War Ultra-Hawk Confirmed as DEA Chief

By a vote of 98 to 1, Senators overwhelmingly confirmed Arkansas Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R)…

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