Archive for July, 2010

House Passes Version of the National Criminal Justice Commission Act — Ask the Senate to Do Likewise

On Tuesday, June 27, House members passed by voice vote H.R. 5143, the House version of the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010. The purpose of this bill is to initiate a comprehensive re-evaluation of America’s drug and prison policies. According to the measure’s House sponsor, Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA). “Today our prison population [...]

July 30, 2010   Posted in: Legislation  No Comments

MED CAN University Medicinal Cannabis Seminars!

 Medicinal Cannabis Seminars! Introduction into Lucrative career opportunities in the Rapidly Growing Legalized Cannabis Industry Medcan University is an innovative group of entrepreneurial professionals with over one hundred years of combined experience in the fields of medicine, science, marketing, federal law and business management. Our main focus and objective is to lobby for legislation that [...]

July 27, 2010   Posted in: Activism, Legislation, News  No Comments

43% Say Marijuana Should Be Legalized, 42% Disagree

Americans are evenly divided over whether marijuana should be legalized in the United States, but most expect it to happen within the next decade. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Adults nationally shows 43% believe marijuana should be legalized. But 42% think it should remain an illegal drug. Another 15% are not sure. [...]

July 27, 2010   Posted in: Articles  No Comments

Feds Raid Legal Marijuana Farm, Destroy Crops

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has flouted Mendocino County, California’s newly enacted medical marijuana ordinance by raiding the first collective that had applied to the sheriff’s cultivation permit program. A multi-agency federal task force descended on the property of Joy Greenfield, the first Mendo patient to pay the $1,050 application fee under the ordinance, which [...]

July 14, 2010   Posted in: Articles, News  No Comments

Texas Oppresses the Sick and Weak

By: Stephen Carter NORML of Waco Inc. Secretary & Asst Communications Director Texas, the state I call home and many regularly call the land of the truly free where government tends to stay out of your business, why must you continue to oppress the sick and the weak? Texas has been known to, for the [...]

July 13, 2010   Posted in: Articles  6 Comments

NORML of Waco Inc. 1St. Annual Birthday Bash

Come and celebrate our 1rst birthday with us! This has been a great year. We’ve had a few bumps in the road along the way, but have had some great successes. Our event will feature live music, guest speakers, and more. Entertainment by: Bay of Pigs, KNAEL, and Karma Gettin’, with special guest Paul Bullock. [...]

July 4, 2010   Posted in: Events, News  No Comments

Where’s the beef?

by Pam Zubeck Lock up the women and hide the cash and jewelry. A medical marijuana dispensary that moved in a block away might bring rapists, burglars, robbers and killers to your neighborhood. Of course, that kind of hysteria is out-shouting reality. Truth is, statistics just don’t support it. “Looking at the data, it doesn’t [...]

July 2, 2010   Posted in: Articles  No Comments

There’s Been Over 20,000 Studies On Marijuana; What Is It That Scientists Do Not Yet Know?

By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director US News & World Report recently probed the subject of cannabis science, publishing a pair of stories on the subject here and here. Neither story particularly breaks any new ground, though the author (who I spoke with extensively prior to the stories publication) does note that investigators are now [...]

July 2, 2010   Posted in: Articles  No Comments