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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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Federal Government Asks Appeals Court To Reconsider Medical Marijuana Ruling

The U.S. Justice Department is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider…

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California Attorney General Reports Over 250,000 Marijuana Plants Seized This Year

State Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced yesterday that the state’s Campaign Against Marijuana Planting has…

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NAPHP Report Calls Drug War A $150 Billion Failure

The United States’ war on drugs is a $150 billion failure that has failed to…

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NORML Foundation Releases Report Detailing European Marijuana Policies

The NORML Foundation released a comprehensive report today describing and detailing the current marijuana laws…

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FBI Reports Marijuana Arrests Exceed Those For Violent Crime

The Number of marijuana related arrests dropped slightly in 1998 to 682,885, from 1997’s record…

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Study Shows Use Unchanged

In 1996, medical marijuana initiatives passed in California and Arizona. Prohibitionists were quick to claim…

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Arizona Initiative

Marijuana decriminalization efforts in Arizona stepped up on Wednesday when an initiative for the 2000…

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Jamaican Senate approves resolution establishing a commission to explore decriminalizing marijuana.

The Jamaican Senate has unanimously approved a resolution establishing a commission to explore the decriminalization…

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