NORML Weekly News Podcast
Summary: NORML hosts annual conferences for legal professionals and activists in Aspen, Colorado, and Key West, Florida, as well as a national conference with different locations each year. NORML is also a sponsor and participant in the Boston Freedom Rally, the Seattle Hempfest, and other protestivals thourghout the year. This feed brings you the archived speeches and presentations from those events.
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Podcasts:
Georgia Lawmaker Calls For Caning, Executing Marijuana Offenders; Marijuana Detection Times Influenced By Stress, Dieting; Seattle: World's Largest Annual Pot 'Protestival' Takes Place This Weekend.
NORML Deputy Director Declares Marijuana Is Safer Than Booze In New Book; Marijuana's Impact On Brain Function "Minimal," Study Says; Colorado: Breckenridge Voters Likely To Decide Whether To Eliminate Pot Possession Penalties.
California: Tax Board Says Regulating Commercial Pot Sales Would Yield $1.4 Billion Annually Also Predicts Decline In Use Of Booze And Tobacco; Oakland: Voters To Decide Medical Marijuana Tax Measure; Hawaii: Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto Of Marijuana Task Force Bill.
Congressional House Committee Votes To Lift District's Ban On Medical Marijuana; Marijuana Ingredient Blocks Opiate Dependence, Study Says; Hawaii: Governor Vetoes Medicinal Marijuana Task Force Measure, Again.
Increased Marijuana Use Not Associated With Rise In Incidences Of Schizophrenia, Study Says; Oregon: Lawmakers Pass Regulations To License Commercial Hemp Production; International Cannabinoid Research Society To Hold Annual Conference Next Week.
Lawmakers Call For An End To Federal Marijuana Prosecutions; Feds' Top Pot Researcher Says Marijuana Should Be Legal; Rhode Island: State To License Medical Marijuana Dispensaries.
Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act Reintroduced In Congress; Department Of Justice Urged To Clarify Administration's Medical Marijuana Policy; California: Senate Resolution Calls For No More Federal Marijuana Raids.
More Americans Misusing Illicit Painkillers For The First Time Than Trying Pot, Study Says; Minnesota: Governor Vetoes Medical Marijuana Measure; Last Chance To Register For NORML's Fourth Annual Aspen Legal Seminar.
US Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To State Medical Marijuana Laws; Cannabis Use Associated With Greater Adherence To Heroin Treatment, Study Says; Rhode Island: Legislature Approves Medical Marijuana Distribution Centers; California NORML's Dale Gieringer on Eddy Lepp sentencing.
Marijuana Smoking Not Associated With Cancers Of The Head Or Neck; Legalizing Marijuana Tops White House 'Citizens Briefing Book'; Former Mexican President Calls For Drug Legalization Debate; Madeline Martinez announces Portland Mayor's Proclamation of Medical Marijuana Awareness Month.
HIV/AIDS Patients Report Greater Subjective Relief From Cannabis Than From Legal Medications, Study Says; Marijuana Viewed As An Alternative Treatment Option By Teens, Study Says; New Hampshire: Legislature Approves Physician-Supervised Use Of Medical Marijuana; Chris Goldstein reports on medical marijuana in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
NORML Presents $14 Billion 'Cannabis Stimulus' Package To The U.S. Treasury - "All we ask in exchange for our $14 billion is that our government respects our decision to use marijuana privately and responsibly"; Mexican Lawmakers Consider Legalizing Marijuana; Concurrent Use Of Cannabis And Cigarettes Associated With COPD, Study Says; Fred & Georgi DiMaria on NORML NJ / PhillyNORML 4/20 Freedom Forum.
Prohibition-Oriented Policies Do Not Deter Adolescent Marijuana Use, Study Says, "The data provide no evidence that strict cannabis laws ... provide protective effects"; Oakland: City's Pending Medical Marijuana Tax Could Raise "Millions" In Revenue; Hemp Farming Control Act Reintroduced In Congress; Allen St. Pierre and Glenn Greenwald discuss decriminalization.
US Senators Introduce National Criminal Justice Act of 2009, Bill would "undertake a comprehensive review of the criminal justice system"; Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer; Michigan: State Medical Marijuana Program Now Accepting Applicants; Allen St. Pierre reacts to Obama comments on marijuana legalization.
U.S. Attorney General Reaffirms Administration's New Pot Policy Stance; NORML Now Accepting Registrations For Fourth Annual Aspen Legal Seminar; Marijuana's Impact On Adolescent Brain "Subtle" Compared To That Of Alcohol; Dr. Mitch Earleywine on marijuana/alcohol study of adolescents.
