Tag Archive — Prohibition

NORML Match Grant: Extended Two Days To Lament Marijuana Prohibition’s Founding

Dear NORML members and supporters, Over the last month $26,650 has been raised by NORML members and supporters in a $100,000 donor match put forward by new NORML board members Rick Steves and Justin Hartfield. Thank you to the hundreds of donors who’ve contributed thus far—and employing football season jargon, I’m employing a national director ‘audible‘ to extend the match grant two additional days until midnight October 2nd. Why? Because October 2nd marks the day on the nation’s calendar seventy-six years ago when the federal marijuana prohibition law took full […]

PhillyNORML and The Panic Hour Return to the Liberty Bell for Smoke Down Prohibition IX

The monthly protest of draconian federal cannabis laws continues in front of the Liberty Bell with the ninth Smoke Down Prohibition Rally on Saturday September 21st. PhillyNORML, comedy activism crew The Panic Hour and marijuana legalization advocates from around the country will peacefully gather at 5th& Market Streets on The People’s Plaza at Independence Mall National Historic Park to seek redress from our United States government. Speeches will begin at 3:30PM with scheduled speakers: Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate John Hanger, PA medical marijuana advocate Louanne Speese-Stanley, registered New Jersey medical marijuana […]

NORML Guest Column On CNN’s Frontpage

(CNN) – Despite decades of propaganda from marijuana prohibitionists, a majority of the American public has indeed said “enough” to the policies of cannabis criminalization. And no amount of fear-mongering is going to change this fact. Writing in a just-published report by the Brookings Institute, ”The New Politics of Legalization,” authors E.J. Dionne and William Galston conclude, “In less than a decade, public opinion has shifted dramatically toward support for the legalization of marijuana. … Demographic change and widespread public experience using marijuana imply that opposition to legalization will never again return to […]

Marijuana Legalization Advocates Return to Independence Mall This Friday for Smoke Down Prohibition VII

This Friday, Philly NORML and The Panic Hour return to Independence Mall in Philadelphia for the seventh installment in their monthly protests against marijuana prohibition. From the organizers: “After six successful rallies, The Panic Hour and Philly Norml return with the seventh edition of Smoke Down Prohibition. We ask you to join us and peacefully sit-in at The Liberty Bell to stand up against cannabis prohibition. This time the rally will be on Friday, July 26th and we will be gathering for the event at 4:20pm. Meeting location is Independence [...]

Former President of Mexico: End Marijuana Prohibition Now

Our friends at High Times scored a really provocative and informative interview with Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, where Mr. Fox demonstrates both a wide range of knowledge about the need for countries like America and Mexico to end cannabis prohibition and forward-looking vision about the need for regulation and tax laws similar to alcohol products. Mr. Obama and company, when your own Partnership for a Drug-Free [sic] America is left little-to-do but inane surveys indicating that American parents do not want cannabis marketed to their children when it is [...]

NY State Police Marijuana Eradication Farce

Today, August 30, 2012, A bunch of darkly dressed and well armed assailants blatantly and proudly raped a local community of what may have been millions of dollars in locally grown vegetation. “We’re talking Multi-thousand…  plant range.” says one representative of the State police.  According to reports, and there where 5 that I know of [...]

2012 A huge year for Marijuana reform

This year is a unique year in the Marijuana Reform movement. From unprecedented national support demonstrated by nearly every poll on the issue to the number of legislative efforts that have and will come to a vote by the end of the year, it is undeniable that opinions are quickly swaying toward full legalization for [...]

Marijuana is part of your community….

There really is no doubt about it Marijuana is a part of society and all communities in the United States. Your community is no different. Even though it may seem that way at times, your community is filled with closet smokers, family of smokers, past smokers, curious patients, dedicated patients, and even some people who [...]