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Pot Arrests for Year 2008 Second Highest Total Ever Reported

Paul Armentano | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cannabis, Arrests, Marijuana, Norml, Drug Enforcement Administration, Thc, Obama, Uniform Crime Report, Fbi, Politics News
Paul Armentano

NORML Director Allen St. Pierre: Present enforcement policies are costing American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, and having no impact on marijuana availability or use.

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Marijuana Use By The Numbers

Paul Armentano | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Incarceration, Norml, Marijuana, Dea, Obama, Heroin, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Prohibition, Cannabis, Drug Enforcement Administration, Surveys, Alcohol, Drug Use, Samhsa, Thc, Drug War, Substance Abuse, Drug Policy, Cocaine, Politics News
Paul Armentano

By age 25, 54 percent of the population has admittedly used marijuana. Does anyone still believe that marijuana prohibition is working -- or that all of these people deserve to be behind bars?

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If Pot Prevented Cancer You Would Have Read About It, Right?

Paul Armentano | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: White House, Norml, Marijuana, Obama, Pot, California, Epa, Cannabis, Lung Cancer, Ucla, Alcohol, Brown University, Thc, Cancer, Legalization, Tashkin, Armentano, Living News
Paul Armentano

Investigators from Brown University reported that lifetime marijuana use is associated with a "significantly reduced risk" of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

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A Different Kind Of Tea Party!

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oakland, Cannabis, Norml, Marijuana, Mexico Drug Cartels, Mexico, Tax Day, Massachusetts, Tea Party, Barack Obama, California, Politics News
Paul Armentano

This Tax Day it's not just NORML that is calling on lawmakers to tax and regulate marijuana. In today's economic climate, the question is: who isn't?

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Taxing THC: Turning Old New York into New New Amsterdam

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New Orleans, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Marijuana, Drugs, Amsterdam, California, Military Industrial Complex, Glaucoma, Norml, David Paterson, Drug War, Medical Marijuana, Blue Laws Repealed, Decriminalization, Budget Deficit, New York, Tom Ammiano, Politics, Cannabis, Intractable Pain, Federal Budget Deficit, Marijuana Amsterdam, Blue Laws, Neoconservatives, Weed, Legalize Marijuana, Ground Zero, Law Enforcement, Economy, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Bollocks! How is that California, the crossroads of implants, spray tans and superficiality, has a leg up on the Empire State, on the possible legalization and taxation of Cannabis sativa?

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What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You

Paul Armentano | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cannabinoids, Politics, Medical Cannabis, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Norml, Drug Enforcement Administration, Dea, Glioma, Thc, Pot, Cancer, Drug Policy, Ted Kennedy, Marijuana, Nida, Politics News
Paul Armentano

What possible advances in the treatment of cancer could have been achieved had U.S. government officials chosen to advance, not suppress, research into the anti-cancer effects of cannabis?

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