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Author: Chris Goldstein, Regional NORML Organizer

Majority Support
  • Joe Biden

Biden’s Marijuana Pardon Certificates Are Important for All Americans, Particularly Those of Us with Federal Cannabis Convictions

  • by Chris Goldstein, Regional NORML Organizer
  • Posted on March 9, 2023March 23, 2023

The Justice Department has finally opened up the process for those seeking Presidential pardon certificates for past marijuana convictions. I am one of those Americans.

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Racial Disparity Arrests
  • LAW ENFORCEMENT

Pennsylvania Police Arrested Over 13,000 People for Marijuana Possession in 2021

  • by Chris Goldstein, Regional NORML Organizer
  • Posted on July 13, 2022July 13, 2022

It’s clear that cannabis consumers are targeted in Pennsylvania for arrest and the striking racial disparities to enforcement are getting worse.

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Delaware Marijuana Laws
  • Legalization

Delaware: Lawmakers Decline to Overturn Cannabis Legalization Veto

  • by Chris Goldstein, Regional NORML Organizer
  • Posted on June 8, 2022June 9, 2022

“I feel exasperated that lawmakers have failed to enact this common sense policy reform,” said Delaware NORML’s Executive Director Laura Sharer. “While we the people are committed to ending prohibition in Delaware, it’s clear that our process and some of our lawmakers aren’t up to the task.”

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New Jersey Marijuana Laws
  • ACTIVISM

One Year Ago Today, New Jersey Ended Mass Arrests for Cannabis Possession

  • by Chris Goldstein, Regional NORML Organizer
  • Posted on February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

It took a decade of legislative politics and nearly three million voters changing the New Jersey state constitution to end cannabis prohibition in the Garden State.

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Marijuana
  • Advocacy

Lawmakers, Cops Consider Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization in Pennsylvania

  • by Chris Goldstein, Regional NORML Organizer
  • Posted on February 15, 2022February 28, 2022

“Every single day that Harrisburg delays there are Pennsylvanians charged with marijuana possession and paraphernalia offenses.”

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Marijuana Arrests
  • Collateral Consequences

Pennsylvania: Police Arrested 20,200 Adults for Marijuana Possession During Pandemic

  • by Chris Goldstein, Regional NORML Organizer
  • Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

Black people make up 12 percent of the population but 32 percent of marijuana arrests.

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Marijuana or Alcohol
  • ACTIVISM

Philadelphia: Marijuana Treatment Admissions Drop By Eighty Percent

  • by Chris Goldstein, Regional NORML Organizer
  • Posted on February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

This is likely a result of a 2014 ordinance decriminalizing possession along with new procedures adopted by District Attorney Larry Krasner, a civil rights attorney elected in 2017.

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pennsylvania marijuana laws
  • 2019

Pennsylvania: Marijuana possession arrests decline statewide

  • by Chris Goldstein, Regional NORML Organizer
  • Posted on January 28, 2020February 22, 2022

In 2018 there were nearly 24,000 adults arrested for less than 30 grams of cannabis. The new data shows 19,990 adults arrested for the same offense in 2019. 

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