Cannabis News

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• DEA Assisting “to the Maximum Extent Possible” in the Federal Law Enforcement Response to Nationwide Protests — NORML Responds
  June 3, 2020 by Justin Strekal, NORML Political Director
  As first reported by Buzzfeed News, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is expanding its law enforcement powers so that it can better assist “to the maximum extent possible in the federal law enforcement response” to the wave of […]
• Marijuana Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice
  June 1, 2020 by Erik Altieri, NORML Executive Director
  As the events of the past few days have unfolded, it is clear that America is in the midst of a long overdue reckoning with itself. Since 1619, when the first ships arrived on the coast of Virginia with […]
• Louisiana: Bills Facilitating Expanded Cannabis Access Sent to Governor’s Desk
  June 1, 2020 by NORML
  "Just as doctors are entrusted to make decisions with regard to the supervised use of opioids and other medicines – many of which pose far greater risks to patients than cannabis – the law should provide doctors with similar […]
• Virginia: Marijuana Arrests Decline Year-Over-Year
  June 1, 2020 by NORML
  “It is a positive sign that after years of heightened enforcement, we’re now seeing a downward trend in marijuana-related arrests in Virginia. Following the enactment of decriminalization on July 1, we expect to see an even more drastic reduction […]
• A Founder Looks at 50: Tom Forcade, Michael J. Kennedy and High Times Magazine
  May 29, 2020 by Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel
  High Times founder Tom Forcade and Legal Counsel Michael J. Kennedy assured the magazine remained a major NORML financial supporter, until it was recently sold to corporate greedheads!
• Scientific Review Concludes That Cannabis Consumers Are at No Greater Risk of Occupational Injuries
  May 28, 2020 by NORML
  “Suspicionless marijuana testing never has been an evidence-based policy. Rather, these discriminatory practices are a holdover from the zeitgeist of the 1980s ‘war on drugs.’ But times have changed; attitudes have changed, and in many places, the marijuana laws […]
• Louisiana: Senate Passes Amended Bill Permitting Doctors to Recommend Medical Cannabis for “Any Condition”
  May 28, 2020 by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  The proposed measure expands the discretion of physicians so that they can recommend cannabis therapy for “any condition” that he or she “considers debilitating to an individual patient and is qualified through his [or her] medical education and training […]
• Clinical Trial: Cannabinoid Administration Via a Metered-Dose Inhaler Is Safe and Effective for Chronic Pain Patients
  May 27, 2020 by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
  “This feasibility trial demonstrated that a metered-dose cannabis inhaler delivered precise and low THC doses [that] produced a dose-dependent and safe analgesic effect in patients with neuropathic pain/complex-regional pain syndrome."