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Kansas Marijuana Laws
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Kansas State Representative Defends Prohibition, Goes Full Racist

  • by Erik Altieri, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on January 8, 2018July 5, 2022

At an event over the weekend, Kansas State Representative Steve Alfond (R) defended the continuation of marijuana prohibition by reverting to the kind of overtly racist rhetoric originally deployed by Henry Anslinger when this failed policy was first implemented.

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Marijuana Arrests
  • Activism

US Marijuana Arrests Remain Largely Unchanged in 2012

  • by Erik Altieri, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on September 16, 2013June 21, 2022

The FBI released their crime and arrest statistics for 2012 today and, despite the fact…

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pennsylvania marijuana laws
  • Activism

Reefer Madness: Law Enforcement Targets Marijuana Activists in Philadelphia

  • by Erik Altieri, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on June 5, 2013June 20, 2022

On May 18th, The Panic Hour and PhillyNORML held “Smoke Down Prohibition V” in a…

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Racial Disparity Arrests
  • Activism

Twenty Three Million Marijuana Arrests Since 1937: We Reap What We Sow

  • by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on September 30, 2011June 15, 2022

We reap what we sow…. On the verge of a three night PBS documentary series…

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Marijuana Leafs and handcuffs
  • Activism

If Cops Really Oppose Sending Minor Pot Offenders To Jail, Then Why Do They Vehemently Oppose Efforts To Keep Us Free?

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on September 19, 2008June 10, 2020

Voters in Massachusetts will decide this November on Question 2, which seeks to replace criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana with a civil fine of no more than $100. Polls show that nearly three-out-of-four voters back the measure.

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Marijuana Leafs and handcuffs
  • Activism

872,721 marijuana arrests in 2007, up 5.2% from 2006

  • by NORML
  • Posted on September 15, 2008June 10, 2020

The FBI has released its annual report on Crime in the United States 2007. Once again, the number of people in the United States arrested for marijuana has gone up.

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