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October 19, 2012
10/19/2012
The Stranger’s Dominic Holden Delivers a Passionate Defense of I-502 at NORMLCON 2012

The Stranger’s Dominic Holden Delivers a Passionate Defense of I-502 at NORMLCON 2012

At this year’s NORML Conference, which was held the first week of October, much emphasis was placed on the upcoming legalization initiatives in Washington, Colorado, and Oregon....
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October 19, 2012
10/19/2012
Gary Johnson Supporters Robocall Colorado Democrats Over Marijuana Crackdown

Gary Johnson Supporters Robocall Colorado Democrats Over Marijuana Crackdown

05:36pm Colorado is a tightly-contested swing state. According to the Real Clear Politics average of recent polls, Republican challenger Mitt Romney holds a vanishingly narrow lead over...
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October 19, 2012
10/19/2012
Call for Cannabis: Dial to Help Pass Measure 80 to Legalize Marijuana in Oregon

Call for Cannabis: Dial to Help Pass Measure 80 to Legalize Marijuana in Oregon

The only polling data we have for Oregon’s legalization initiative, Measure 80, shows a very close race with a massive number of undecided voters. In a September...
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October 19, 2012
10/19/2012
California Three Strikes Reform Initiative Poised to Win

California Three Strikes Reform Initiative Poised to Win

12:00pm In 1998, Bernice Cubie got caught with $10 worth of cocaine. Since it was her third offense, although she had never hurt anyone, she was...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
‘Code of the West’ Illustrates Need for Sensible Regulation

‘Code of the West’ Illustrates Need for Sensible Regulation

Of the 17 states that have passed medical marijuana laws, only one — Montana — has experienced a serious legislative effort to repeal the law. How could...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Federal Landmark Medical Marijuana Case

DC Circuit Orders Supplemental Briefing in Federal Landmark Medical Marijuana Case

Just hours after the US Court of Appeal for the DC Circuit heard oral arguments in the federal landmark case Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, the court ordered...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

04:14pm The federal rescheduling petition got a day in court, the feds keep up the pressure in California, a dispensary may actually open in New Jersey,...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Initiative Watch (2012.10.17)

Initiative Watch (2012.10.17)

05:36pm With less than three weeks to go until election day, there is a lot of activity on the state-level initiative front–but not everywhere. Some campaigns...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.16)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.16)

06:31pm A St. Louis cop is headed for federal prison for re-selling seized pot, a Camden cop is heading there too, for running amok in the...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Texas Woman Jailed for Outing Narc on Facebook

Texas Woman Jailed for Outing Narc on Facebook

04:35pm In a case that would appear to raise serious First Amendment questions, a Mesquite, Texas woman has been arrested and charged with a felony after she allegedly...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

Appeals Court Hears Case On Medical Value of Marijuana

This morning, the federal Appeals Court for the DC Circuit heard an appeal in the case called Americans for Safe Access v Drug Enforcement Administration. The case is...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Decriminalize Drug Possession, UK Experts Say

Decriminalize Drug Possession, UK Experts Say

05:20pm In a report six years in the making, the United Kingdom Drug Policy Commission, a non-governmental advisory body chaired by Dame Edith Runciman, has called for...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
We Can Legalize Marijuana This November in Colorado, but We Need Your Help!

We Can Legalize Marijuana This November in Colorado, but We Need Your Help!

Through much of the year, Colorado’s Amendment 64 has enjoyed a comfortable lead in the polls. As election day nears, as was to be expected, we are...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
Christie Vetoes NJ Good Samaritan Overdose Bill

Christie Vetoes NJ Good Samaritan Overdose Bill

03:29am New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) Friday conditionally vetoed the 911 Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act, which would have exempted from criminal prosecution people who participated...
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October 16, 2012
10/16/2012
CO Marijuana Measure Sees Lead Shrink in New Poll

CO Marijuana Measure Sees Lead Shrink in New Poll

02:36am A SurveyUSA poll released Sunday shows Colorado’s marijuana legalization initiative, Amendment 64, still winning, but with a shrinking lead and with approval under 50%. A University of Denver poll released...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Montel Williams to Speak at AR Medical Marijuana Press Conference on Oct. 18

Montel Williams to Speak at AR Medical Marijuana Press Conference on Oct. 18

Daytime Emmy award-winner, Montel Williams, will speak in Little Rock on behalf of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act on October 18, 2012. Details on time and location will be released...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Gary Johnson Interview: “We’re on the Verge of Making Marijuana Legalization Happen”

Gary Johnson Interview: “We’re on the Verge of Making Marijuana Legalization Happen”

This past Thursday, on the night of the Vice Presidential debates, NORMLtv caught up with Libertarian Party presidential candidate, Governor Gary Johnson, and asked him questions regarding...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Melissa Etheridge Endorses Amendment 64 to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

Melissa Etheridge Endorses Amendment 64 to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has just released a new radio ad in support of Colorado’s Amendment 64, which aims to regulate marijuana in a...
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October 15, 2012
10/15/2012
Amnesty Raps Mexico on Human Rights Abuses in Drug War

Amnesty Raps Mexico on Human Rights Abuses in Drug War

02:16am Mexico must take decisive action to rein in the systematic and widespread use of torture, ill-treatment, and other human rights abuses, which have increased dramatically...
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October 12, 2012
10/12/2012
Louisiana Man Dies in Car Crash Fleeing Drug Bust

Louisiana Man Dies in Car Crash Fleeing Drug Bust

05:00pm A Morgan City, Louisiana, man was killed Wednesday when he got into a fatal car crash while attempting to flee deputies doing a narcotics investigation....
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