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Archives: News Releases

Since 1992, every Thursday and when breaking news warrants, NORML | The NORML Foundation have been issuing weekly press releases for marijuana law supporters and the media.

NORML’s News Releases archives goes back to 1996 and serves as a valuable tool to alert citizens about cannabis-related news and legislation as well as a research tool for reviewing a chronology of marijuana law reform.

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Nevada Assembly Backs Fine-Only Penalty for Marijuana, Medi-Pot Plan

Assembly lawmakers overwhelming approved legislation Wednesday reducing marijuana penalties and authorizing its medical use. Nevada’s…

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Canada’s MPs Get Serious About Decriminalizing MarijuanaFormer Prime Minister, Present Justice Minister Support Law Change; Nearly Half of Canadians Say Pot Should Be Legal

Former Prime Minister and Conservative Party (Tory) leader Joe Clark (Quebec City) has thrown his…

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Canada, British Docs Opine for Drug-Law ReformCMAJ Says Decriminalize Marijuana, U.K’s Lancet Blasts U.S. Drug War

Two of the world’s leading medical journals have thrown their support behind amending North America’s…

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California Medical Pot Clubs Remain Open Despite Court Ruling

Medical marijuana dispensaries in northern California and elsewhere throughout the state remain open despite Monday’s…

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Federal Statute Defining Marijuana As Having “No Medical Use” Forbids Manufacturing and Distributing Medical Pot, Court AffirmsState-Approved Use of Medical Marijuana By Patients Not Challenged By Decision

Parties who grow or distribute marijuana for medical purposes may not raise the defense of…

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Bush’s New DEA Chief No “Compassionate Conservative”Arkansas Republican Backs Global Militarization of Drug War; Supports Federal Ban on “Drug-Speech”; Opposes Medical Marijuana – Even for Research

Arkansas Republican Asa Hutchinson – a drug war hawk who supports jailing individuals who post…

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Nursing Association Journal Backs Access to Medical Marijuana

Marijuana is a safe and effective medication and nurses should support legal access to it,…

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One in Two Doctors With Opinions Back Pot By Prescription, Poll Shows

Nearly half of U.S. physicians with opinions support legalizing marijuana as a medicine, according to…

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