Kudos to Rep. Eric Swalwell, the southern East Bay’s new Congress member, for co-sponsoring the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act, the States’ Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act, and other marijuana reform bills. Thanks too to our local activists and supporters who helped bring this issue to Rep. Swalwell’s attention. – Dale Gieringer, Cal NORML Former …
CaNORML 2012 Accomplishments and Plans for 2013 In 2012, CalNORML fought off bad bills in Sacramento, advanced good ones, protested federal involvement, and continued to work at local levels on policy. We will kick off 2013 with a conference to mark the 100th anniversary of cannabis prohibition in California and plan for the end of …
February 5 – The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center, a case determining whether or not a county may ban medical marijuana dispensaries within its borders. The justices, appearing at a special session at the hundredth anniversary of the UCSF law school, were equally hard …
LISTEN TO THE FULL AUDIO FILES OF THE CONFERENCE, HOSTED BY KMUD RADIO Hear Ann Lee’s speech. Hear John Gilmore’s speech. Read more about the conference. Michael Aldrich: Cannabis Pioneer CalNORML Director Dale Gieringer speaks on the Origins of Cannabis Prohibition in California Author Mike Gray on how the country went Drug Crazy. Graham Boyd …
UPDATE January 29, 2014 – The Board voted in an outdoor ban, to take effect in 30 days, overriding the Planning Commission’s recommendation to allow outdoor grows on larger parcels. Read more. UPDATE January 16, 2013 – The Shasta Board has established a medical marijuana advisory committee, and expects to take up the issue again …
January 3, 2013 – For years, law enforcement officials have been blaming Mexican “cartels” for illegal marijuana growing in California’s national forests. For years, Cal NORML has told the press that there is no evidence of any organized “cartel” involvement in domestic MJ production. Rather, production is highly disorganized, with many teams of Mexicans – …
January 3, 2013 – For years, law enforcement officials have been blaming Mexican “cartels” for illegal marijuana growing in California’s national forests. For years, Cal NORML has told the press that there is no evidence of any organized “cartel” involvement in domestic MJ production. Rather, production is highly disorganized, with many teams of Mexicans – …
Jan 1, 2013: This New Year marks the 100th anniversary of the war on cannabis in California. In 1913, the state Board of Pharmacy led the legislature to pass a bill outlawing possession of “Indian hemp.” The law was the opening shot in a century-long prohibitionist campaign that has cost the state millions of arrests …
California NORML Release — December 11, 2012 Reported marijuana arrests dropped sharply as California’s new decriminalization law took effect in 2011, but the apparent decline is deceptive because it doesn’t count thousands of minor possession offenses that are no longer reported under the new law. Newly released data from the state Criminal Justice Statistics Center …
December 7 – A California Appellate Court has reversed a trial court decision declaring a child to be a dependent of the court, as well as an order that the father undergo drug testing and parenting courses because of his medical marijuana use. In re Drake A. case# B236769, Division Three of the Second Appellate …