NORML Weekly News Podcast

Pot Prohibition Linked To More Potent Marijuana Use, Study Says; NORML Responds To Latest Marijuana And Brain Damage Fears; California: Mendocino County Voters Restrict Pot Possession Rules; Dan Monnat on Drug Dogs.

Pot Potency Claims Unfounded, Study Says "Claims ... about a 20- or 30-fold increase in cannabis potency and about adverse mental health effects are not supported by the evidence"; Idaho: City Voters Once Again Approve Pot Liberalization Measures; Last Chance To Register For The 3rd Annual NORML Aspen Legal Seminar; Interview: Ryan Davidson of Idaho Liberty Lobby.

Past Cannabis Use Not Associated With Injury Severity, Study Says; Oral Pot Preparation Effective For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Journal Reports; Join NORML In Aspen In Two Weeks At The 3rd Annual NORML Legal Seminar; Paul Armentano on Ted kennedy and cannabis cancer research.

Pot’s Effects On Driving Performance Contrast Alcohol’s, Study Says; Survey: One In Seven Public School Districts Drug Test Students; Hawaii: Legislature Approves Medical Marijuana Task Force Measure; Dale Geiringer on CA bills; Jesse Stout on RI bill.

UK Parliament to vote on stiffer pot penalties; Inhaled cannabis reduces neuropathic pain; Keith Stroup goes to trial Monday, will argue constitutionality of Mass. pot laws; interview with Douglas Hiatt, attorney for Tim Garon.

Hepatitis C Patient Denied Transplant Based on State and Doctor Approved Medi-Pot Use; New Study Indicates Cannabis-Associated Psychosis Risk Is Minimal; More Than 230 Cities, 35 Countries To Hold Marijuana Rallies This Weekend

California bill to protect medmj workers heads to Assembly floor; Argentina court decriminalizes cannabis possession; NYC Bar to discuss marijuana arrests; MN State Sen. Steve Murphy on medmj bill.

Federal Decriminalization Bill Introduced -- Bill Would End Federal Authority to Arrest Adults for Pot Possession; Federal Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced by Rep. Ron Paul; NORML To Hold First Annual 4/20 Moneybomb - Organization's Facebook Supporters Reach 420,000.

MN House of Representatives to Consider Medical Marijuana Bill -- Despite Bi-Partisan Support, Governor Indicates He May Veto; RI Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Medical Cannabis Measure; Comedian Doug Benson Offers NORML Supporters Free Screening of "Super High Me"

HIV-Positive Man Wins Acquittal In Texas’ First Cannabis Medical Necessity Defense -- NORML Legal Committee Member Leads Defense; Vermont Supreme Court Rules Search Warrant Required for Overflight Surveillance; Los Angeles City Council Tells DEA to Let City Regulate Medical Cannabis Dispensaries; Interview w/ Jeff Blackburn and Tim Stevens.

Congress To Consider Legislation To End Minor Pot Arrests; Pot Decriminalization Does Not Increase Marijuana Use, Scientific Journal Says; California: Fifth National Clinical Conference On Cannabis Therapeutics To Be Held Next Week.

Alaska Supreme Court Hears Marijuana Possession Case; Ninth Circuit Rejects Blanket Drug Testing Of Public Employees; New Hampshire: House Passes Pot Decriminalization Proposal; analysis by Matt Simon of NHCommonSense.org.

Zero Tolerance DUID Laws Don’t Deter ‘Drugged Driving,’ Study Says; Rhode Island: Legislature Considers Authorizing Medical Cannabis ‘Compassion Centers’; California: Counties File Briefs Seeking To Overturn State Medi-Pot Law

Pot Use Not Associated With Increased Risk Of Head Or Neck Cancer, Study Says; Michigan Medical Marijuana Initiative Certified For November Ballot; Jamaica: Parliament Once Again Considering Liberalizing Ganja Laws; interview with Julie Falco of Illinois NORML.

NORML names Russ Belville new host of NORML podcasts; NORML announces new web redesign and addition of blogs; NH set to vote on marijuana decriminaliztion bill; NORML remembers conservative icon and supporter of marijuana law reform, William F. Buckley, Jr.