In January 2010, NORML launched what would become one of the most successful programs in the history of the organization. The NORML Women’s Alliance also became the first nationwide female outreach program ever created in the marijuana and drug law reform movement. This month, January 2013, marks the Read More »
Weedists: Meet Madeline Martinez “Weedists are the people who are out there fighting the good fight and these are their stories.” I met Madeline Martinez when I first moved to Portland, Oregon in 2001. I was unemployed and looking for something to do. I was also new in town and... Read More »
David Bowie’s son, film director Duncan Jones, has revealed that his wife Rodene has been suffering from cancer. He says that she benefits from “a world of relief” from the pain and complications of chemotherapy with medical marijuana. We’d like to wish Rodene Jones luck in her recovery.
Former Univ. of Montana quarterback Jason Washington is the latest casualty in the Obama Administration’s war on medical marijuana. Missoula, MT – Montana medical marijuana patient, cultivator and former University of Montana Grizzlies quarterback Jason Washington was convicted yesterday in federal court of two felonies, “conspiracy to manufacture and Read More »
The Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the most senior member of the Senate, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) again spoke out against the War on Drugs today during a briefing on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s upcoming agenda. The fact that so many people, especially young Read More »
Advocates applauded the recent actions of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner in trying to put an end to the years-long crackdown on access to medical marijuana in the city. Two days after announcing at a local chapter meeting of Americans for Safe Access (ASA) — the country’s Read More »
NORML supporter and ground-breaking video creator Steve Berke has just launched his most intense, humorous and well-produced viral video indictment against marijuana prohibition to date. A graduate of Yale, former two time All-American tennis player, comedian and Miami-based politician, Steve Berke’s cutting video parodies of popular Read More »
This week we acknowledge the grand-daddy of weedist cartoons: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Fred, Daphne, Velma, and weedists: Shaggy and Scooby-Doobie Doo, have solved many “mysteries” since their debut in 1969. Scooby-Doo Bongs and Pipes A pipe, couple of bongs and hookahs too. The black and green Scoobie-Doo Chillum is from Etsy (MJ42Pipes),... Read More »
In his State of the State address Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) called on the legislature to reform the state’s marijuana laws. Marijuana possession has been decriminalized in the state since 1977, but New York City has emerged as the nation’s marijuana arrest capitol because the NYPD... Read More »
Last night for the first time in our chapter and city’s history, a sitting mayor attended the monthly chapter meeting. Former Congressman and newly-elected Mayor Bob Filner arrived at the La Jolla Brew House around 7:30pm and walked into a packed meeting room where over 100 of you greeted... Read More »
