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“Prevalence of cannabis use did not change among youth over time,” the study’s authors concluded.

The post Analysis: No Increase in Rates of Marijuana Use Among Youth Over Past Decade appeared first on NORML.

The proposed ordinance states: "The City’s policy shall be to make enforcement of Class A and Class B misdemeanor marijuana possession its lowest enforcement priority. The City shall update its relevant policies to ensure that public safety resources are not wasted on misdemeanor marijuana enforcement."

The post Texas: Dallas Voters To Decide Marijuana Depenalization Measure This Fall appeared first on NORML.

Summer ’24 Intern Zach Kaplan shares his reasons for joining the NORML Internship program.

The post I’m Interning With NORML To Help Undo Harmful Policies appeared first on NORML.

"Nurses have long known through their own first hand experience working with patients that cannabis holds legitimate therapeutic value. That is why, historically, nurses and nursing groups have been among some of the strongest and most outspoken advocates for changes in marijuana policy."

The post American Nurses Association Provides Public Comments to DEA in Support of Reclassifying Cannabis appeared first on NORML.

"Although the HHS is not recommending descheduling at this time, NORML asserts that this position is the most appropriate one and that descheduling cannabis should be adopted by future administrations."

The post NORML Submits Public Comments to DEA Calling for the Removal of Cannabis From Schedule I appeared first on NORML.

Summer ’24 Legal Intern Sydney Scott shares her reasons for joining the NORML Legal Internship program.

The post I’m Interning With NORML To Help End the Stigma Against Cannabis appeared first on NORML.

If certified for the ballot and approved by voters in November, all three measures will prohibit local law enforcement from making low-level marijuana-related arrests.

The post Texas: Activists Turn in Signatures To Place Local Depenalization Initiatives on the 2024 Ballot appeared first on NORML.

Cannabis reform advocates in Arkansas, Nebraska, and North Dakota have turned in signatures to place citizens'-initiated measures on the 2024 ballot.

The post Advocates Turn in Signatures for Marijuana-Specific Ballot Measures in Three More States appeared first on NORML.

RAW’s generous donation will amplify NORML’s efforts to facilitate the expungement of criminal cannabis convictions, end the collateral consequences of prohibition, and ensure equal access to cannabis for all.

The post RAW Rolling Papers Donates $50,000 to NORML Supporting Nationwide Cannabis Legalization appeared first on NORML.

That’s why we won’t rest until we have liberated cannabis consumers and patients nationwide.

The post NORML Stands for Cannabis Freedom Today and Every Day appeared first on NORML.

Summer '24 Intern Noah Bass shares his reasons for joining the NORML Internship program.

The post Interning with NORML: A Door to a Lifetime of Advocacy appeared first on NORML.

"These surveys' findings offer support for the notion that, in some instances, cannabis can act as an intervention for certain persons seeking to reduce their alcohol consumption.”

The post Surveys: Many Consumers Report Drinking Less Alcohol Following Changes to Marijuana’s Legal Status appeared first on NORML.

"State law already recognizes that no one should be in jail for possessing small amounts of marijuana; this new law similarly recognizes that no one should be in jail for possessing marijuana paraphernalia."

The post Louisiana: Governor Signs Legislation Decriminalizing Possession of Marijuana Paraphernalia appeared first on NORML.

"Governors and lawmakers around the country are taking steps to right the past wrongs of cannabis criminalization. It's a shame to see Louisiana's Governor taking the state in a different direction."

The post Louisiana: Governor Vetoes Bill Facilitating Expedited Pardons for First-Time Marijuana Offenders appeared first on NORML.

Summer '24 Intern Jack Kenyon shares his reasons for joining the NORML Legal Internship program.

The post I’m Interning at NORML To Learn How To Change the Legal System appeared first on NORML.

Moore’s pardon action automatically forgives every misdemeanor marijuana possession charge the Maryland judiciary can locate in the state’s electronic court records system, along with every misdemeanor paraphernalia charge tied to use or possession of marijuana.

The post Maryland: Governor Issues Mass Pardons for Those With Misdemeanor Marijuana Convictions appeared first on NORML.

"For the foreseeable future, New Hampshire will remain an island of cannabis prohibition."

The post New Hampshire: House Lawmakers Narrowly Defeat Bill Legalizing Marijuana Possession, Sales appeared first on NORML.

 Investigators determined, “Secondhand harms from others’ alcohol use were substantially more prevalent than those from others’ use of any other drug."

The post Study: Americans Far More Likely To Report Secondhand Harms From Alcohol Than From Cannabis appeared first on NORML.

"He was a principled man and a scholar who was committed to promoting the concept of individual liberty and who was at the forefront of the modern effort to dismantle the so-called 'war on drugs.'"

The post NORML Remembers David Boaz appeared first on NORML.

Both bills await action from Republican Gov. Jeff Landry legislation. If the Governor fails to take action on the bills within ten days of them being transmitted, they will automatically become law.

The post Louisiana: Lawmakers Send Governor Bills to Decriminalize Marijuana-Related Paraphernalia, Pardon First-Time Offenders appeared first on NORML.