Advocacy

Lawmakers Prepare for Historic House Floor Vote on the MORE Act

by NORML
Posted on August 28, 2020September 10, 2020

House lawmakers are preparing for a September floor vote on legislation – The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act a/k/a The MORE Act — to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act. The forthcoming vote would mark the first time since the passage of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, which placed cannabis in the same category as heroin as a Schedule I controlled substance, that a Congressional chamber has voted to remove marijuana from its prohibitive classification.

2020

Vote to Legalize It!

by NORML
Posted on August 24, 2020August 25, 2020

Voters in several states will have the opportunity to decide at the ballot whether to legalize cannabis for either adult-use or for medical purposes. In addition, numerous local, state, and federal races involve candidates who have made marijuana legalization a key part of their platform.

ACTIVISM

McConnell Misleads on Marijuana

by NORML
Posted on August 4, 2020August 5, 2020

Some opponents of marijuana policy reform have manipulated the Speaker’s comments to imply that she was opining that cannabis therapy has been proven specifically to be successful for the treatment of COVID-19.

Advocacy

Federal: Upcoming vote in the House on marijuana policy

by Justin Strekal, NORML Political Director
Posted on July 21, 2020July 21, 2020

Later this month, there will be a crucial vote in the US House of Representatives…

ACTIVISM

NORML Letter to NIDA: Prohibition Must Be Recognized as More Damaging than Marijuana Itself

by NORML
Posted on June 8, 2020July 8, 2020

NORML leadership today sent an open letter to Nora D. Volkow, M.D., Director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), asking her to recognize the detrimental impact that racially-discriminatory marijuana law enforcement has had on the public health of communities of color.

2020

DEA Assisting “to the Maximum Extent Possible” in the Federal Law Enforcement Response to Nationwide Protests — NORML Responds

by Justin Strekal, NORML Political Director
Posted on June 3, 2020June 30, 2020

If you haven’t read our statement on the murder of George Floyd and the intersections…

2020

Over 40 Members of Congress Request SBA Access For Small Marijuana Businesses

by NORML
Posted on April 22, 2020April 28, 2020

Ten members of the Senate, led by Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), and 34 members of the House, led by Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Tom McClintock (R-CA), have recently issued letters requesting Small Business Administration funding programs be expanded so that they may be accessed by state-licensed cannabis businesses.

2020

DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Spike, Arrests Fall in 2019

by NORML
Posted on April 14, 2020June 15, 2020

“These totals affirm that targeting marijuana-related growing operations still remains a DEA priority, even at a time when most Americans have made it clear that they want cannabis policies to head in a very different direction.”

NORML

Working to Reform Marijuana Laws Since 1970

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