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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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Scotland: Medical Association Backs Legalizing Marijuana

Leading doctors from the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Scottish committee for public health are pushing…

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Judge Forbids State-Licensed Marijuana Patient From Using Pot While On Probation, Sentences Her To 10 Days In Jail

An Oregon judge ordered a cancer and arthritis sufferer to jail for using marijuana even…

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Politician Advocates San Francisco Hemp Gardens

City Supervisor Mike Leno believes he’s found the ideal place to cultivate hemp: the nonprofit…

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Parliament Committee Urges New Zealand Government To Consider Marijuana Decriminalization, Again

For the second time in six months, New Zealand’s parliamentary health committee recommended the government…

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Canadian Senator Urges Drug Policy Review, Endorses Legalization Of Marijuana, “Soft” Drugs

Senator Pierre Claude Nolin (Progressive Conservative Party-De Salaberry) introduce legislation this week to establish a…

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Georgia DUI Law Targeting Marijuana Smokers Found Unconstitutional

A state statute criminalizing recreational marijuana smokers who drive with trace levels of nonpsychoactive metabolites…

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UK Drug Czar Says Marijuana Can Help Patients

The United Kingdom’s Drug Czar, Keith Hellawell, told BBC News Online Wednesday that he supports…

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Health Canada Authorizes Patients To Use Medical Marijuana, Announces Plan To Grow Pot For Medical Research

Health Minister Allan Rock announced yesterday that the government has authorized two patients to legally…

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