Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America April 19, 2018 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal 0 Comments Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and… Read More→
Is the end of Prohibition in sight or are we dealing with good old fashioned horse-trading? April 17, 2018 Rob Meagher Op-Ed, Spotlight 0 Comments Last week ended with a bang when the Washington Post and other news outlets reported on a deal made between Senator Cory Gardner (R) of Colorado and the great deal-maker himself, our esteemed President Donald Trump. The agreement reached was… Read More→
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America March 22, 2018 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal, Spotlight 0 Comments Part Three (1976-1980)Â Marijuana Law Reform Advocates/The Carter Years Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy… Read More→
Hudak: “That legislation is dead. Period” April 12, 2017 David Hodes Policy & Legal 1 Comment By David Hodes Are we getting there? Let’s review. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) reports twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for qualified patients, while eight states now regulate the production… Read More→
NORML Releases Gubernatorial Report Card: Learn Where Your Governor Stands On Marijuana Policy October 26, 2016 Paul Armentano Policy & Legal 0 Comments With the 2016 election only days away, NORML is pleased today to release of our first ever Gubernatorial Scorecard. Inspired by NORML's Congressional Scorecard, this extensive database assigns a letter grade 'A' through 'F' to every state governor based upon his… Read More→
Public’s Attitude Shifts Dramatically In Favor Of Marijuana Legalization October 19, 2016 Paul Armentano Policy & Legal 1 Comment Washington, DC: Nearly six in ten Americans now believe that marijuana use ought to be legal and only about one in three favor continuing to criminalize the plant, according to nationwide survey data published by the Pew Research Center. Fifty-seven… Read More→
Allen St. Pierre Resigns from NORML July 8, 2016 Rob Meagher Industry People 2 Comments CBE Press learned today that Allen St.Pierre, who has championed the cause of ending Cannabis Prohibition in the United States while helping any and all that have run afoul of its ugly ramifications, resigned as Executive Director of NORML after… Read More→
Drug Testing Post Pot Prohibition June 23, 2016 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal, Science and Technology 1 Comment Drug testing, one of the major components of the government's war on some drugs, like the unpopular policy itself, may be waning as cannabis commerce replaces prohibition. According to the American Management Association, drug testing in the workplace hit a… Read More→
At Last, Here Come the Lawyers to the Cannabis Commerce Scene! June 16, 2016 Allen St. Pierre News & Insights, Policy & Legal 0 Comments What’s that sound? Off in the distance, the mighty sound of hoofbeats, kicking up a storm of dust. Gucci-clad men and women with white cowboy hats emerge from the surge, here to provide their best legal advice and services: It’s… Read More→
The Scientific Evidence Supports Descheduling Cannabis, Not Rescheduling It April 6, 2016 Paul Armentano Opinions, Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Paul Armentano A memorandum issued this week by representatives of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to several U.S. Senators indicates that the agency is finally prepared to respond, imminently, to a five-year-old petition seeking to amend marijuana’s status as a schedule… Read More→
NORML Finds Its Donation Processing Services Abruptly Yanked March 8, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), one of the oldest and largest nonprofit, pro-marijuana legalization public interest lobbies in the United States, has lost its donation processing services — and NORML founder Keith Stroup says marijuana… Read More→