Drug policy reform advocates from around the globe will be attending the Drug Policy Alliance‘s…
Tag: NORML Women’s Alliance
Big Sister Kyndra Miller and Little Sister Melissa Sanchez discuss their reasons for becoming activists in the marijuana reform movement, as well as their participation in the NORML Women’s Alliance burgeoning mentorship program, Sister-to-Sister. Both women currently live in California working as attorneys within the Cannabis Industry.
In national polls, women statistically are more resistant to the idea of legalization than men.…
A few weeks ago several letters were collected for Patricia Spotted Crow (a first time offender from Oklahoma who was given 10 years behind bars for selling $30 worth of marijuana), and sent by Jil Staszewki of the NORML Women’s Alliance to the Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Oklahoma.
By Diane Fornbacher Vice Chair of the NORML Women’s Alliance and writer for Freedom is Green…
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.
NORML women will be descending upon Denver, Colorado next week to hold their first major…
There’s still this idea that supporters of marijuana reform are on the fringes of society, but that’s just not the case. Marijuana is as mainstream as it gets, and these women are proof