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Feds: Marijuana Trafficking Falls Following Statewide Legalization

  • by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  • Posted on May 20, 2016June 27, 2022

Federal marijuana trafficking prosecutions have declined significantly since the passage of statewide laws regulating the plant’s production and retail sale to adults, according to data provided by the United States Sentencing Commission.

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Marijuana Incarceration
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Spottedcrow Flies Free

  • by Sabrina Fendrick
  • Posted on November 30, 2012June 20, 2022

Patricia Spottedcrow, an Oklahoma woman who was sentenced to 12 years for selling $31 worth…

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This Week in Weed: April 29th – May 5th

  • by Erik Altieri, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on May 3, 2012June 16, 2022

Click here to subscribe to NORMLtv and receive alerts whenever new content is added. The…

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Marijuana Incarceration
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Write to Women Behind Bars for Marijuana

  • by Sabrina Fendrick
  • Posted on August 10, 2011June 15, 2022

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.

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Confronted and Owned: Anti-Marijuana Zealot Bill Bennett

  • by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on July 6, 2011June 16, 2022

Let states enact their own marijuana policies By Paul Armentano, Special to CNN July 6,…

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  • Activism

Medical Marijuana's Lost Man: Bryan Epis

  • by Allen St. Pierre, Former NORML Executive Director
  • Posted on March 7, 2010August 11, 2020

One of the best (or worse, it depends on one’s perspective and physical location!) indicators of the total failure of a law, is when it is woefully and subjectively applied.

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