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Study: Medical Marijuana Laws Associated With Greater Workforce Participation Among Older Americans
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Adult Use Ballot Initiatives Leading In Latest Polls
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Marijuana Smoking Up, Marijuana Arrests Down
It's a great time to be alive if you are a marijuana smoker. We are finally working our way out of the shadows of prohibition and into the mainstream. Following the reign of terror that resulted in more than 25 million Americans being arrested on marijuana charges since 1937, the country is at last looking for a better alternative.
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NORML’s Legislative Round Up September 30, 2016
Members of Congress have approved a short-term spending bill that keeps in place existing provisions protecting those who engage in the state-sanctioned use and dispensing of medical cannabis from undue prosecution by the Department of Justice. Click here to read more about this week's latest marijuana news!
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NORML Releases Updated and Revised 2016 Congressional Scorecard
Today is National Voter Registration Day and we are pleased to present this valuable voter education tool to the marijuana movement: NORML’s updated and revised 2016 Congressional Scorecard. The Scorecard is an all-encompassing database that assigns a letter grade of 'A' (the highest grade possible) to 'F' (the lowest grade possible) to members of Congress based on their comments and voting records on matters specific to marijuana policy.
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FBI: Marijuana Arrests Decline Significantly In 2015
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Pharma Company Admits Opposing Marijuana Legalization to Protect Its Corporate Profits
Those of us involved in the marijuana legalization movement have long assumed that those companies that produce and sell competing products — especially alcohol and tobacco — were working behind the scenes to try to maintain marijuana prohibition and to protect their duopoly for legal recreational drugs. These industries have lobbyists who regularly work with state and federal elected officials to keep legal marijuana off the market. But we now see the pharmaceutical companies are also getting directly involved in political efforts to maintain marijuana prohibition, worried that legal marijuana will undermine their bottom line.
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NORML’s Legislative Round Up September 23rd, 2016
Next Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day and NORML will be releasing an updated and revised 2016 Congressional Scorecard. The Scorecard is an all-encompassing database that assigns a letter grade 'A' through 'F' to members of Congress based on their marijuana-related comments and voting records.