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[Editor’s note: This post is excerpted from next week’s forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To…
By Kellen Russoniello, student, George Washington University Law Center and NORML legal intern [Update: A…
By Kellen Russoniello, George Washington University Law student and NORML Legal Intern The recent push…
[Editor’s note: This post is excerpted from this week’s forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To…
An employer may terminate an employee for his or her off-the-job marijuana use, even if…
By Kellen Russoniello, George Washington Law School student, NORML legal intern Update: June 19, 2011…Florida…
I am a Latina, a forty-year cannabis consumer, a medical cannabis patient and a single mother who has had to use public assistance more than once. In 2011, Oregon and three other states have introduced bills that would require drug testing for people receiving public assistance. I am writing to present my unique perspective on this issue, and why individuals should oppose any type of legislation that would require drug testing for all applicants looking to receive state services such as food stamps or unemployment benefits.