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Marijuana Arrests
  • Activism

Marijuana Arrests Continue To Drive Drug ‘Treatment’ Boom

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on May 24, 2010June 14, 2022

[Editor’s note: This post is excerpted from this week’s forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To…

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Marijuana and Western Medicine
  • Activism

Supposed Marijuana And Schizophrenia Link “Overstated”

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on February 16, 2010June 16, 2022

Clinical evidence indicating that marijuana use may be casually linked to incidences of schizophrenia or other psychological harms is not compelling, according to a scientific review published online by the journal Addiction.

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Marijuana Incarceration
  • Activism

Alternet.org: The Feds Are Addicted to Pot — Even If You Aren't

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on December 1, 2009June 15, 2022

In other words, the federal government is spending millions upon millions of your dollars to solicit research to find a supposed ‘cure’ for alleged ‘marijuana addiction’ — at the same time that it is spending virtually no money on clinical trials to assess the medical value of cannabis itself.

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Cannabis Legislation
  • Activism

Winds Of Marijuana Law Reform Rebuffed At White House

  • by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on November 26, 2009June 25, 2020

While there is a constant buzz of cannabis law reform these days in America, largely at the local and state level, unfortunately these strong winds of change do not largely penetrate the Capital Beltway.

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FAQs
  • Activism

Potent Pot Myths Exposed (Again)

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on May 28, 2008June 10, 2020

“This ain’t your grandfather’s or your father’s marijuana. This will hurt you. This will addict…

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FAQs
  • Activism

Why Do Millions Of People Use Marijuana?

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on April 1, 2008June 9, 2020

Most recently, a Canadian research team took the time to actually interview various cannabis consumers.

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