Advocacy

NORML Responds as Ex-House Speaker Signs On With Marijuana Industry Leader

by NORML
Posted on April 11, 2018July 6, 2022

It has been announced that former Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner, along with former Republican Governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld, have joined the Board of Advisors for Acreage Holdings, a multi-state corporation operating in the medical and recreational marijuana space. The company holds licenses for dozens of cannabis businesses in the United States.

ACTIVISM

Why Are Top Political Leaders From Both Parties So Out-Of-Touch With The Public’s Demand For Marijuana Law Reform?

by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
Posted on January 27, 2009June 11, 2020

It is hard to imagine liberal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and conservative Minority Leader John Boehner as soul mates on any discernible level, however, on the issue of marijuana law reform, for entirely different reasons, they’re two peas in a pod.