Winds Of Marijuana Law Reform Rebuffed At White House
While there is a constant buzz of cannabis law reform these days in America, largely at the local and state level, unfortunately these strong winds of change do not largely penetrate the Capital Beltway. This is made clear in a candid interview with Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Deputy Director Tom McLellan in the November 15 edition of The New Republic’s webpage. In a blunt and c

The Freeman: How To End Mexico’s Deadly Drug War
Since 2008 more than 7,000 people, including Mexican civilians, journalists, police, and public officials, have been killed in clashes with warring drug traffickers — traffickers who US government officials allege derive 60 percent of their profits from exporting marijuana north of the border. So what are the Obama administration’s plans to quell these gangs growing influence and the surging violence s

Parents treating children with medical marijuana cited in mainstream media
While covering stories for NORML’s Daily Audio Stash, I’ve noticed a trend lately in stories involving parents treating childhood mental health conditions like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism. (ABC’s Good Morning America, click link for video) Given the many challenges involved in raising an autistic child, parents are willing to try a variety of potential remedies, many of which are controversial and unproven. [Meiko] Hester-Perez made her decision to try

NORML SHOW LIVE from Oregon NORML’s Cannabis Café TONIGHT
NORML SHOW LIVE provides you with exclusive access to Oregon’s world-famous Cannabis Café, this Saturday Night from 6pm-8pm Pacific. You’ve read about it on the

World Record Set By United States Marijuana Patient
November 20, 2009 Irvin Rosenfeld, a Florida stockbroker, set the world record for the consumption of cannabis cigarettes. The United States federal government has supplied Rosenfeld and three other US citizens for decades with a smokable cannabis medicine. Irv Rosenfeld has received his medicine for 27 years and is the longest known cannabis patient. One of four patients intensely tested  in 2001 by Patients Out of Time as part of the “