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What We Know About Cannabis Far Exceeds What We Don't

Nov 13, 2024 | norml.org | Paul Armentano

Contrary to common perception, what we know about cannabis far exceeds what we don’t. Scientists’ focus on cannabis has increased exponentially in recent years, as has our understanding of the plant, its active constituents, their mechanisms of action, and their effects on the user and upon society. In recent years, researchers have published tens of thousands of scientific papers about cannabis and its constituents, according to a keyword search on the National Library of Medicine website.
NORML Op-Ed: Legalizing Marijuana Does Not Jeopardize Mental Health

Oct 25, 2024 | norml.org | Paul Armentano

Opponents of marijuana legalization often allege that jurisdictions that have legalized adult-use marijuana sales experience subsequent rises in incidences of cannabis-induced psychosis and other adverse mental health consequences. But nearly a decade worth of scientific data from Canada and the United States refutes this contention.
NORML Op-Ed: Cast the Fear-Mongering Aside -- The Sky Won’t Fall if Florida Legalizes Marijuana NORML Op-Ed: Cast the Fear-Mongering Aside -- The Sky Won’t Fall if Florida Legalizes Marijuana

Oct 15, 2024 | norml.org | Paul Armentano

Florida already has real-world experience successfully regulating the retail sale and use of medical cannabis. Nearly one million Floridians are now registered with the state to purchase cannabis products from more than 600 licensed retailers. The sky has not fallen, nor will it fall when adult-use similarly becomes legal. Twenty-four states have enacted adult-use legalization. None have ever repealed their laws.
NORML Op-Ed: Marijuana Prohibition Has Been a Fraud from the Get-Go NORML Op-Ed: Marijuana Prohibition Has Been a Fraud from the Get-Go

Oct 7, 2024 | norml.org | Paul Armentano

Since its inception, efforts to criminalize marijuana and to stigmatize those who consume it have been based upon hyperbole, stereotypes and outright lies. The initial push for cannabis criminalization, which began in earnest more than a century ago, had little to do with preserving public health or safety. Instead, the move to prosecute cannabis users was based primarily on sensationalism and xenophobia.
NORML Op-Ed: Both Presidential Candidates Agree: We Need to Stop Arresting People for Marijuana NORML Op-Ed: Both Presidential Candidates Agree: We Need to Stop Arresting People for Marijuana

Sep 20, 2024 | norml.org | Paul Armentano

At a time when voters and politicians are historically divided, there is one issue that Americans largely agree upon: It’s time to legalize marijuana. Months ago, Vice President Kamala Harris tweeted that “Nobody should have to go to jail for weed.” Despite her past opposition to marijuana legalization, she’s since become the first major presidential nominee to endorse it.
NORML Op-Ed: DEA’s Marijuana Hearing Is a Good Opportunity for Advocates to Make the Case for Rescheduling NORML Op-Ed: DEA’s Marijuana Hearing Is a Good Opportunity for Advocates to Make the Case for Rescheduling

Sep 4, 2024 | norml.org | Paul Armentano

Many advocates have expressed consternation over the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) decision to hold hearings on the matter of marijuana’s reclassification. While this response is understandable, it’s arguably an overreaction. Although some stakeholders had suggested that the Biden–Harris administration’s pledge to advance the process expeditiously would result in bureaucrats choosing to bypass hearings, such hopes were never more than wishful thinking.
NORML Op-Ed: A Decade Into States Legalizing Marijuana, Underage Use Has Plummeted NORML Op-Ed: A Decade Into States Legalizing Marijuana, Underage Use Has Plummeted

Aug 26, 2024 | norml.org | Paul Armentano

Those wedded to the status quo of cannabis criminalization have long warned that legalizing the marijuana market will result in increased adolescent use. But 10 years following the first states’ decisions to legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis sales, data conclusively shows that this fear was unfounded.
NORML Op-Ed: Like Most Americans, Vice-President Harris Has Evolved on Marijuana NORML Op-Ed: Like Most Americans, Vice-President Harris Has Evolved on Marijuana

Aug 19, 2024 | norml.org | Paul Armentano

Like the majority of Americans, Vice President Kamala Harris has changed her views on marijuana. In 2010, when she was San Francisco’s district attorney, Harris urged voters to reject a proposed ballot initiative to legalize the adult-use marijuana market. At the time, Harris’ position aligned with that of most California voters, 54 percent of whom ultimately decided against the measure. But not long after, Harris — and most Americans — changed their stance.
New Jersey Activists Mark 100,000 Marijuana Arrests Prevented

Feb 22, 2024 | norml.org | Chris Goldstein

The following blog post was drafted by longtime NORML activist Chris Goldstein. Three years have passed since New Jersey police stopped making mass arrests for marijuana possession offenses. Today, more than 100,000 people of all ages have avoided being handcuffed over small amounts of weed. Our community of consumers and medical patients, who fought for decades to win these cannabis reforms, gathered at the State House in Trenton on Thursday.
Pardons Are the First Step in Federal Cannabis Reform

Jan 29, 2024 | norml.org | Chris Goldstein

The following blog post was drafted by longtime NORML activist Chris Goldstein. Ten years ago I stood before a federal judge in Philadelphia. The charge was simple possession of marijuana. My trial was because I smoked a single joint outside during a protest. We were calling for cannabis to be removed from the federal Controlled Substances Act, like alcohol and tobacco. My sentence was 24-months of supervised probation with weekly THC testing, a $3,000 cash fine, and a permanent criminal record.