By Phillip Smith With the sentence commutations announced last week, President Barack Obama has now cut more than 300 harsh drug war prison sentences, more
Today, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 58 people incarcerated in federal prison for drug offenses. This follows the commutation of 61 individuals on
The White House extended an invitation to meet with the leadership of DCMJ, the cannabis legalization organization that successfully worked to pass the Initiative 71,
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), joined by a bipartisan group of 26 Senators and Representatives, today sent a letter urging President Obama to remove barriers
By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director A recent memorandum from the US Drug Enforcement Administration to several United States Senators indicates that the agency is
Marijuana has been a Schedule I drug for decades. It has always perplexed cannabis supporters, and supporters of science and logic, that marijuana is a
I was hanging out with some awesome people last night (shout out to the Uncle Spliffy Crew and the Duff and Johnson freedom fighting duo!),
Yesterday, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 61 people incarcerated in federal prison for drug offenses. This follows the commutation of 95 people in
Yesterday, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and John Conyers (MI-13) led 12 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives in sending a letter to President
More than 225 civil rights, health, faith-based and other organizations sent a letter to President Obama Thursday calling on him to use an upcoming United Nations
Congressman Earl Blumenauer has a ‘take action’ effort going on. Earl Blumenauer sent a letter to President Obama with the below language. You can add
I remember when Obama was elected in 2008. From a purely marijuana activist standpoint, I had a lot of hope that he would do big
By Phillip Smith President Obama today commuted the federal prison sentences of 95 men and women, all but two of them drug offenders serving draconian sentences.
Congress passed a must-pass spending bill this morning that includes language that stops the Obama Administration’s Department of Justice from spending money to block the
Today a group of medical marijuana patients and their supporters delivered more than 100,000 petition signatures demanding the resignation or firing of the head of
Yesterday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee joined Congressmen Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Jim McDermott (D-WA) in signing a
Something amazing has occurred over the last week or so. Recently DEA head Chuck Rosenberg called medical marijuana a joke. That led to Tom Angell
It didn’t take DEA head Chuck Rosenberg long to get himself in the hot seat. Chuck Rosenberg recently made comments that referred to medical marijuana
DEA head Chuck Rosenberg recently made some insensitive, unscientific comments about medical marijuana that demonstrated just how little compassion he has for suffering patients in this
I received the following e-mail: Two minutes or less could help put an end to the federal war on patients and change the lives of
Unless you have lived under a rock your whole life, than you are aware that the federal government considers marijuana to be illegal in all
By Phillip Smith In a 45-minute speech at the NAACP convention in Philadelphia Tuesday, President Obama laid out a far-reaching roadmap for criminal justice reform,
By Phillip Smith President Obama announced yesterday he has granted clemency to dozens of federal inmates, the vast majority of them sentenced under draconian crack cocaine laws.
Today, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 46 people incarcerated in federal prison. This follows the commutation of eight people incarcerated in federal prison
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