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MORE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR CANNABIS POSSESSION THAN ALL VIOLENT CRIMES PUT TOGETHER IN THE US LAST YEAR
By John Vibes Source: Waking Times With legal recreational and medical cannabis now available in so many different US states, it is easy to get the impression that the war on cannabis users is over. However, cannabis users still represent … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Drug War, Law, Mass Incarceration, news, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged ACLU, Cannabis, cannabis legalization, drug war, Erik Altieri, law, marijuana, Marijuana Decriminalization, Mass Incarceration, NORML, society, Steve Sisolak, Systemic Racism, Uniform Crime Report, violent crimes
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The Growing Acceptance of Marijuana Smoking in Society
By Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel Source: NORML Blog We are at a tipping point in this country regarding the legalization of marijuana, and it is exhilarating to experience the ending of prohibition and the start of legalization. Even as … Continue reading
Saturday Matinee: Reefer Madness the Movie Musical
The earliest version of Reefer Madness was released in 1936. It was financed by a church group who intended it to be a morality tale warning parents of supposed dangers of cannabis use and helped prime the public for prohibitionist … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Drug War, Film, Humor, media, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Andy Fickman, Cannabis, Christian Campbell, drug war, Harry Anslinger, John Kassir, Keith Stroup, Kevin Murphy, Kristen Bell, marijuana, NORML, Reefer Madness, Reefer Madness the Musical, Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, War on Drugs
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Afroman Remakes “Because I Got High” to Support Legalization
By Sabrina Fendrick Source: Norml Nearly fifteen years after the release of “Because I Got High”- a song well known for poking fun at overzealous reefer madness rhetoric – Afroman is ready to jump headfirst back into the marijuana limelight. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, culture, Drug War, Health, Humor, Music Video, society, Video
Tagged Afroman, Because I Got High 2014, Cannabis decriminalization, Harm Reduction, Marijuana Legalization, NORML, Weedmaps
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