Update: Huffington Post article. I’ve spoken to two reporters today inquiring about Colorado Congressman Jared…
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NORML Attorneys Matt Kumin, David Michael, and Alan Silber, have filed suit (read here) in…
[Editor’s note: This post is excerpted from this week’s forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory.] The…
Obama administration officials strongly oppose plans by the city of Oakland to license and tax…
The mainstream media is in a frenzy over statement’s issued today by the Justice Department…
In what can only be described as major departure in the so-called ‘war on drugs’, the Obama Administration is issuing a new three page memo this morning [Paul Armentano updates: You can now read the memorandum, signed by Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden, here. You can also share your thoughts with the White House on the administration’s decision via NORML’s Take Action Center here.] mapping out the federal government’s new guidelines for states that have laws protecting medical cannabis patients.
Republican Congressman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) really, really doesn’t like the idea of patients using medical cannabis — even when their use is compliant with state and local laws.
Just hours after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder reaffirmed that he will no longer authorize the federal justice department to undermine statewide medical marijuana laws, Grassley lashed out.
Earlier this month, new U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder promised a clean break from the policies of the Bush administration. Yesterday, during a live interview on C-Span, he affirmed that this change includes ending the DEA raids of state-authorized medical marijuana providers!