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NORML Releases Gubernatorial Report Card: Learn Where Your Governor Stands On Marijuana Policy
With the 2016 election only days away, NORML is pleased today to release of our first ever Gubernatorial Scorecard. Inspired by NORML’s Congressional Scorecard, this extensive database assigns a letter grade ‘A’ through ‘F’ to every state governor based upon his or her comments and voting records specific to matters of marijuana policy. Public opinion … Continue reading
Values Survey: 63 Percent Of Americans Say Marijuana Should Be Legal
Sixty-three percent of Americans age 18 and older favor making the use of marijuana legal, according to national polling results compiled by the Public Religion Research Institute’s American Values Survey. The percentage is the highest ever reported by the poll, and marks a 30 percent increase in public support for legalization since 2014. The poll … Continue reading
Federal: Industrial Hemp Farming Act Pending in Congress
Federal legislation to amend the federal Controlled Substances Act to allow for the commercial cultivation of industrial hemp is pending in the United States House and Senate. The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013 amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana. The measure grants state legislatures the authority … Continue reading
NORML vs Big Alcohol and Big Pharma
Hi, I’m Rick Steves, TV travel show host and a proud member of NORML’s Board of Directors. I’ve just returned from doing a barnstorming speaking tour in both Maine and Massachusetts to help build support for their legalization initiatives. It was an exhilarating week, meeting and talking with the good folks in those states, getting … Continue reading
Illinois: Lawmakers Fail To Consider Bill To Legalize Marijuana Production and Retail Sales
Lawmakers failed to consider legislation to legalize and regulate the adult use and retail sale of cannabis this legislative session. House Bill 4276, the Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act, would have permitted those over the age of 21 to legally possess up to 30 grams of cannabis and/or to engage in the home cultivation of … Continue reading
Federal: Members Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Eliminate DEA Marijuana Eradication Program
Congressmen Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Justin Amash (R-MI) have introduced legislation, HR 3518, to eliminate the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program. The DEA program distributes funds to state and local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of locating and destroying marijuana cultivation sites. HR 3518 reads, “[B]eginning in fiscal year 2015, and for each fiscal year … Continue reading
Florida: Unscientific Per Se Measure Dies In Committee
Legislation to impose ‘per se’ criminal penalties to individuals who drive a motor vehicle with trace levels (5ng/ml or higher) of THC in their blood — regardless of whether he/she is behaviorally impaired, has died in committee this legislative session. NORML opposes the imposition of this type of per se traffic safety legislation for cannabinoids … Continue reading
Federal: Measures Pending To Restore Financial Aid Eligibility To Marijuana Offenders
Legislation is pending in the House and Senate to restore federal financial aid eligibility to minor marijuana offenders. In the House, H.R. 3561: The Fair Access to Education Act of 2015 would “exclude marijuana-related offenses from the drug-related offenses that result in students being barred from receiving Federal educational loans, grants, and work assistance, and for … Continue reading
Cannalytics Survey: Cannabis Consumers Most Likely To Identify As Independent Voters
Americans who use cannabis or hold favorable views toward the plant tend to identify themselves politically as Independent rather than as a Democrat or a Republican, according to the results of a Cannalytics consumer research survey published today. Among respondents, 46 percent defined themselves as Independent. Of this group, over 90 percent consider marijuana policy … Continue reading