NORML's 2001 Weekly Media Releases

December 27, 2001

• NORML To Hold 2002 Annual Conference in San Francisco

December 20, 2001

• 2001: The Year In Review

December 13, 2001

• DEA Okays First Medical Marijuana Trials In Nearly Two Decades
• Member of European Parliament To Protest Closure of UK Cannabis Café

December 6, 2001

• Zogby Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose US Marijuana Policies
• Congressmen Urge Legalization of Medical Marijuana, Condemn Crackdown on California Pot Clubs

November 27, 2001

• Marijuana Remains European Illicit Drug of Choice, Report Says
• Australian Premiere Says Western Government to Adopt Marijuana Decriminalization
• NORML Radio Show Back on the Air
• Nationwide Protest Scheduled to Challenge DEA's Hemp Foods Ban

November 20, 2001

• School That Fired Teacher Over Hemp Views Violated First Amendment Protections, Appeals Court Says
• Feds Hemp Food Ban Not Supported By Research, Study Says
• Cops Bust Popular British 'Cannabis Café'

November 15, 2001

• Hundreds Flock to First-Ever British 'Cannabis Café'
• Judge in CMRC Case Grants Feds Access to All Medi-Pot Patient Files
• Key West Legal Seminar Registration Still Available
• Abstracts Available From International Medical Marijuana Conference

November 8, 2001

• Cognitive Performance Unaffected After Marijuana Smoking
• Canadian Parliament Ponders Decriminalizing Marijuana
• Half of Senate Judiciary Democrats Rejects Walters as Drug Czar

November 1, 2001

• DEA Wages War on California's Medical Pot Clubs
• Scholarly Press to Publish Peer-Reviewed Journal on Industrial Hemp
• Texas NORML Launches Radio Show

October 25, 2001

• Britain Announces Plan to Abolish Arrests For Marijuana Possession
• Seized California Medi-Pot Patients' Files Won't Be Returned, Federal Judge Rules
• NORML Takes to the Airwaves

October 22, 2001

• Marijuana Violations for Year 2000 Hit All Time High, FBI Report Reveals

October 18, 2001

• Drug Testing Should Focus on Chronic, Not Casual Drug Users, Study Says
• No Difference in Cognition Among Long-Term Pot Smokers, Control Group, Study Finds
• British House of Commons to Debate Bill Legalizing Pot

October 11, 2001

• Senate Democrats Voice Opposition to Bush's Drug Czar Pick
• New DEA Ban Targets Hemp Foods
• NORML to Hold West Coast Benefit Party Saturday

October 4, 2001

• Feds' Pot Eradication Program Seizes Nothing But Ditchweed!
• DEA Raids California Medi-Pot Dispensary, Seizes 5,000 Patient Records
• NORML Establishes First Ever Pro-Pot PAC

September 27, 2001

• Pot Prohibition Not Strong Deterrent, Study Says
• Nevada Medi-Pot Program Begins Monday
• NYU Touted as America's Top School for Pot

September 20, 2001

• Medical Pot Spray Shows 80 Percent Success Rate in Clinical Trials
• Largest Australian State Ponders Legalizing Medical Marijuana
• Thousands Protest US Drug Policy, Mourn Terrorist Attacks at Boston Freedom Rally

September 6, 2001

• Marijuana Activists Killed by Police in Standoff Over Pot Plants, Rally
• Marijuana Spray Arrests Pain in MS, Spinal Cord Patients, Study Says
• Marijuana Is Neuroprotective, Journal Says

August 30, 2001

• Eliminating Pot Penalties Doesn't Violate International Treaties, Study Says
• USA Today/Gallup Poll: Record Percentage of Americans Back Marijuana Legalization
• Pot Violators Comprise Largest Percentage of Federal Drug Offenders, Department of Justice Study Shows
• NORML Schedules Annual Key West Legal Seminar

August 23, 2001

• Jamaica Commission Recommends Decriminalizing Marijuana
• DEA Head Says Feds to Enforce Laws Against Medical Users
• Woody Harrelson Surprise Speaker at Seattle Hempfest; 150,000 Protest Marijuana Prohibition
• NORML Benefit Party Scheduled for Tiburon, CA

August 15, 2001

• World's Largest Marijuana Legalization Rally to Be Held This Weekend in Seattle
• Bush Administration Contemplates Easing Ban on Student Aid For Marijuana Offenders
• Marijuana Extracts for Pain Study To Begin in Canada

August 9, 2001

• Study Shows Therapeutic Benefits, No Adverse Effects in Long-Term Marijuana Users
• Illinois Hemp Study Nixed by Governor
• Health Canada to Fund Clinical Trial on Smoked Cannabis and Pain

August 2, 2001

• Drug War Ultra-Hawk Confirmed as DEA Chief
• Canada's Legal Pot Program Up and Running
• Cops Destroy Native Americans' Hemp Plants

July 26, 2001

• British Government to Consider Relaxing Pot Laws
• Poll Shows Americans Strongly Oppose Jailing Minor Drug Offenders
• Bush Not Enthusiastic About Hemp

July 19, 2001

• Bipartisan Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana Pending in Congress
• Incoming DEA Leader Mum on Medical Marijuana
• 34,000 Students to Lose Financial Aid Under New Drug Law

July 12, 2001

• U.K. Police to No Longer Target Marijuana Offenders
• Congressional Committee Nixes Amendment Backing Medical Pot Laws
• HMO Says Docs Free to Recommend Marijuana

July 5, 2001

• Portugal Decriminalizes Marijuana, Drug Possession
• Medical Pot Legal in Canada
• Body's Natural 'Cannabis' May Play Role in Lowering Blood Pressure

June 28, 2001

• White House Mismanaged Anti-Drug Advertising Contract GAO Charges
• Oregon Couple Wage Ad Campaign: We're Your Good Neighbors We Smoke Pot
• British Home Secretary Backs Caution System for Marijuana Offenders

June 21, 2001

• California County Receives Government Pot for Medical Research
• Scotland Yard To Stop Citing Marijuana Smokers
• AMA Rejects Institute of Medicine, Others Support for"Compassionate Access" to Medical Marijuana

June 14, 2001

• Marijuana's Safety Unchallenged By New Studies Marijuana's Safety Unchallenged By New Studies
• DEA Restates Proposed Ban on Hemp Products
• Cops Can't Use Thermal Imagers Without Warrant, High Court Rules

June 7, 2001

• Nevada Defelonizes Pot Possession
• Medical Marijuana Pioneer Passes Away at 53
• Poll: Americans Strongly Favor Treatment Over Jail for Drug Offenders

May 31, 2001

• Marijuana Decriminalization Gains Momentum Worldwide
• Drug Czar Candidate Waffling on Medical Marijuana?
• Colorado Medical Marijuana Law To Take Effect Friday

May 24, 2001

• Canada's MPs Get Serious About Decriminalizing Marijuana
• Nevada Assembly Backs Fine-Only Penalty for Marijuana, Medi-Pot Plan

May 17, 2001

• Canada, British Docs Opine for Drug-Law Reform
• California Medical Pot Clubs Remain Open Despite Court Ruling

May 14, 2001

• Federal Statute Defining Marijuana As Having ?No Medical Use? Forbids Manufacturing and Distributing Medical Pot, Court Affirms

May 10, 2001

• Bush's New DEA Chief No "Compassionate Conservative"

May 2, 2001

• One in Two Doctors With Opinions Back Pot By Prescription, Poll Shows
• Marijuana Spray Reduces MS Patients? Pain, Spasms, Study Finds
• Nursing Association Journal Backs Access to Medical Marijuana

April 26, 2001

• Drug Czar Candidate's Record Out of Step with Public Health Professionals

April 17, 2001

• Political Officials, Leaders to Call for an End to Marijuana Prohibition at "4/20" NORML Conference

April 12, 2001

• Economists Slam War on Drugs
• NORML Responds to Canadian Plan To License and Regulate Medical Marijuana

April 5, 2001

• NORML to Join Gov. Ventura Tomorrow in Support of Medical Marijuana at State-Sponsored Forum
• Michigan Petition Drive to Decriminalize Marijuana Starts Tomorrow
• Montana Legislature Authorizes Farmers to Grow Hemp

April 3, 2001

• Congressman Reintroduces Legislation to Legalize Medical Marijuana

March 28, 2001

• High Court Mulls "Medical Necessity" for Marijuana Providers

March 22, 2001

• U.K. Lords To Parliament: Stop Arresting Patients, Legalize Medical Pot
• Americans Find Drug War Strategies Ineffective, Favor Legalizing Medical Marijuana
• New Mexico Legislature Ends Without Passing Medical Marijuana Bill

March 15, 2001

• Swiss Government Moves to Okay Marijuana Use, Cultivation and Sale
• New Mexico House Okays Medical Marijuana
• Spanish Political Parties Back Medical Marijuana

March 8, 2001

• New Mexico Marijuana-Law Reform Bills Clear Major Hurdles
• More State Lawmakers Push for Bills Reducing Pot Penalties
• Environmental Coalition Urges Bush to Lift Ban on Hemp

March 1, 2001

• Medical Marijuana Legislation Advances in Several States
• Bill to Repeal Financial Aid Ban for Marijuana Smokers, Other Drug Offenders Introduced in Congress

February 22, 2001

• NORML Files Supreme Court Brief Arguing Use of Medical Marijuana Is a Fundamental Right
• Marijuana Has Less Adverse Effect on Driving Than Alcohol, Tiredness, U.K. Study Says

February 15, 2001

• Researchers Find Marijuana Prohibition Plays No Role in Deterring Pot Use
• Bill Allowing for Medical Use of Marijuana Introduced in Maryland
• DARE Program Admits Failings
• Colorado Health Board Proposes Rules for State Medical Marijuana Program

February 8, 2001

• WI Supreme Court Rules Passengers Can Be Legally Searched If Driver Gives Consent
• Three Decriminalization Bills Are Introduced In Massachusetts
• Iowa Bill Would Allow For A Therapeutic Medical Marijuana Research Program
• Sonoma State University Student's Medical Marijuana Returned By Police

February 1, 2001

• Decriminalization and Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced In New Mexico Legislature
• New Study Debunks So-Called 'Gateway Theory'
• Bill In SD House Would Allow For Medical Necessity Defense For Patients

January 25, 2001

• Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced In Wyoming And Arkansas
• NORML Launches New Online Legislative Tracking System
• Belgium Government Agrees To Decriminalize Marijuana

January 18, 2001

• NORML Foundation Launches Ad Campaign In New Mexico
• Medical Marijuana Legislation Introduced In TX and CT
• Texas Bill Would Provide An Affirmative Defense For Patients
• Connecticut Bill Would Create State Registry For Patients

January 11, 2001

• NIDA To Supply Marijuana To 60 San Mateo County AIDS Patients
• NORML/MAPS Study Shows Vaporizers Reduce Toxins In Marijuana Smoke
• Illinois Legislature Passes Hemp Bill

January 4, 2001

• NM Drug Advisory Group Recommends Decriminalization Of Marijuana For Personal Use