NORML's 1995 Weekly Media Releases
- USDA Issues White Paper On Industrial Hemp: Report Concedes That American Hemp
Cultivation Isn't Likely Any Time Soon
- (Meanwhile) Colorado Senator Set To Introduce Legislation Allowing For Hemp Cultivation
In Colorado
- Police, Protesters Clash At Florida Hemp Rally Legal Marijuana Smoker Arrested For Pot
- Anti-Drug Group's Attack On Hempilation, WBCN, Draws Fire From National Writers Union,
Boston Coalition For Freedom Of Expression
- Missouri Senator Pre-files Medical Marijuana Necessity Defense Bill
- Charges Dropped Against Shop Owner Who Sold Shirts That Parodied DARE Logo
- Republican Task Force Organized To Analyze, Get Tough On Drug Use
- Missouri Senator Pre-files Medical Marijuana Necessity Defense Bill
- Anti-Drug Group's Attack On Hempilation, WBCN, Draws Fire From National Writers Union,
Boston Coalition For Freedom Of Expression
- State Supreme Court Rules Warrentless Searches Of Bus Passengers To Be Illegal
- NORML Chapter Is Approved At Columbia University: Marijuana Reform Organization Achieves
Ivy League Foothold
- NORML Chapter Seeking To Reduce Local Pot Penalties Faces Opposition, Resolution From
City Officials
- Supreme Court Reverses Drug Convictions Involving Firearms: Justices Rule Possessing A
Weapon Not Enough To Warrant Longer Sentences
- Drug Czar Leaves Post
- (Meanwhile) Gallup Poll Indicates That Americans Are Very Concerned About Illegal Drug
Use
- American Public Health Association Passes Resolution Endorsing Making Cannabis Available
By Prescription
- Marijuana Arrests For 1994 Near Half Million Mark: FBI Data Confirms Clinton's Marijuana
War To Be Tougher Than Bush's
- (Meanwhile) Prison Population Experiences Largest Annual Increase In History: United
States Now Incarcerates A Larger Percentage Of Its Population Than Any Other Nation
- Update: Marijuana Activists Swarm To Arizona To Purchase Legal Tax Stamps
- Controversy Over Hempilation CD Escalates: Massachusetts Anti-Drug Group Organizes Rally
Against Radio Station WBCN Boston
- Marijuana Arrests For 1994 Near Half Million Mark
- New York State Senator And NORML Board Member Joseph L. Galiber Dies
- Exaggerated Claim Of Pot's Potency Reaches Most Absurd Level Yet: Illinois Lieutenant
Governor Purports Today's Marijuana To Be One Thousand Percent More Potent
- International Medical Journal Publishes Editorial Calling For The Decriminalization Of
Cannabis
- Judge Dismisses Drug Charges Against State 'Licensed' Marijuana Dealer; Court Rules
Marijuana Tax Stamps To Be Double Jeopardy
- Massachusetts Governor Refuses To Sign Medical Marijuana Necessity Defense Act
- ACLU Poll Demonstrates That Americans Clearly Support Medical Marijuana
- Germany To Begin Cultivating Industrial Hemp
- Annual PRIDE Survey Shows Increase In Adolescents Using Drugs, Marijuana
- SAMHSA's Figures Don't Match Up With Brown's Statements Regarding Marijuana Related
Emergency Room Episodes
- Clinton, Brown Speak At Community Anti-Drug Coalition Of America Forum
- State Representative Advocates The Cultivation Of Industrial Hemp In Hawaii
- Connecticut Department Of Motor Vehicles Enters The Drug War
- Congressman Barney Frank Introduces Federal Legislation To Make Marijuana Available By
Prescription
- U.S. Sentencing Commission's Recommendations Regarding Marijuana Weight Disparity
Enacted Into Law: New Legislation Could Affect Approximately 950 Imprisoned Marijuana
Growers
- Buchanan Flip-Flop-Flips On Medical Marijuana Issue
- Idaho Supreme Court Rules That Employee Let Go For Failing Drug Test Should Be Awarded
Unemployment Benefits
- Northcoast NORML Launches Campaign To Kill Proposed Ohio Bill That Allows Police To Sell
Drugs
- Marijuana Smoke Study Demonstrates Waterpipes To Be Ineffective
- Drug Czar Urges High School Coaches To Drug Test Student Athletes
- Magazine Just Says No To NORML, Yes To Mark Fuhrman
- Newspaper Runs Special Feature Analyzing The Drug War
- Pierce County Superior Court Judge Rules That Cancer Patient Should Be Allowed To Use
Marijuana
- (As Expected) Governor Wilson Vetoes Medical Marijuana Bill: Californians For
Compassionate Use Band Together To File Medical Marijuana Initiative
- HEMPILATION CD Draws National Attention On CNN
- Meanwhile, Drug Czar Lee Brown Is Not Amused
- Alaska Court Rules Roadside Marijuana Search To Be Illegal
- Sentencing Project Report Reveals That Nearly One In Three Black Males Are Under
Criminal Justice Supervision
- Alaska Court Rules Roadside Marijuana Search To Be Illegal
- California Activists File Medical Marijuana Initiative For 1996 State Ballot
- 10th Circuit Appeals Court Rules Warrantless Use Of Heat Sensing Equipment To Be
Unconstitutional
- New York Times Editorial Lashes Out At The Drug War
- County Sheriff, Undercover Agents Threaten Sandusky County NORML With Indictments
- Prohibition Establishment Attacks NORML Capricorn Records For The Debut Of The
Long-Awaited HEMPILATION Release
- Freedom Of Speech Is Affirmed In Canada; NORML Canada Wins Significant Court Case
- News Bulletin: CNN Special Reports Examines The State Of Cannabis Prohibition In The
United States And In Europe
- Missouri NORML Sells State Of Missouri 800 Pounds Of Marijuana
- School Board In Pennsylvania Votes To Include Publications As Drug Paraphernalia
- MASS CANN NORML Draws More Than 30,000 To Annual Rally
- Another U.S. Judge Advocates Legalizing Drugs: 'We're Losing The War On Drugs'
- Good News: Seattle Area's Green Cross Patient Co-op Court Case Is Dropped
- The Dutch Government Modifies Its Drug Policy; Pressure Felt From Neighboring Countries
- California Legislature Just Says No To Unpopular Marijuana Law
- Meanwhile, Governor Pete Wilson Expects To Veto Medical Marijuana Bill For Third
Consecutive Year
- New York Times Runs Feature On Todd McCormick Bust
- Meanwhile, Landmark State Decision Could Spell Victory For McCormick's Upcoming Trial
- Update: Richard Martinez Set Free!
- NIDA To Hold International Drug Abuse Conference In Texas
- Latest National Household Survey Results Sound Marijuana Alarm (Again)
- Update: Todd McCormick Free On Bail!
- Meanwhile, Landmark State Decision Could Spell Victory For McCormick's Upcoming Trial
- Distinguished Chicago Judge Advocates Marijuana Legalization
- Secret Service Threatens Couple For Stamping One Dollar Bills
- Jury Rules That Hemp Seed Demonstration Is A Protest, Not Cultivation
- Update: Cannabis Patient Continues To Be Denied Prescription; Allegations of Civil
Rights Abuses Prompt NORML Lawyers To Take Action
- U.S. Court Of Appeals Reverses Czuprynski Conviction
- Prisoner To Be Force-Fed Intravenously Despite Availability Of Prescription Alternative
- Update: Judge Considers Permitting Medical Marijuana User To Smoke Cannabis While In
Jail
- California Residents Favor Access To Medical Marijuana According To Recent Health Poll
- New York City Buyers Club Busted; Apparent Nationwide Crackdown On Medical Marijuana
Clubs Continues
- Two NORML Chapters Fight For Their Rights - And Win!
- Meanwhile, Mass Cann NORML Denied Permition To Hold Hemp Rally By Board Of Selectmen
- Student Parking Not For the Bashful; Indiana School Board Votes To Institute Drug Free
Parking Policy
- Richard Martinez's Health Worsens; Registered Nurse Petitions Arizona Governor To
Intervene
- Federal Prisoner Begins Hunger Strike To Protest Denial Of Marinol
- Medical Marijuana Resolution To Be Unveiled At Upcoming Conference
- Registered Nurse Contacts NORML In An Appeal To Save The Life Of Her Patient
- Green Cross Co-founder To Serve Two Days In Jail For Contempt of Court
- Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Elimination of National Drug Czar
- Meanwhile, Washington Post Prints ONDCP's Current Six-Figure Salaries
- Marijuana Compassionate Use Club Founder Arrested On Route To Rhode Island
- Public Outage Inspires Oklahoma Governor To Free Jimmy Montgomery
- Marijuana Arrests Hit Ten Million Mark; Drug Czar Compares Marijuana to Cocaine
- Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Suspected Marijuana User Cleared Of Criminal Charges
- Number Of Jail Inmates Experiences Third Largest Increase Since 1983
- Marijuana Prohibition Subject To New Legal And Scientific Challenge: Petition Demands U.
S. Government Provide Finding On Marijuana's Abuse Potential As Required By Federal Law
- 10 Millionth Arrests and NIDA; Bad Science Used to Justify Bad Policies
- Capricorn Records To Issue HEMPILATION CD In Fall Supporting NORML And Protesting
Marijuana Prohibition
- Jimmy Montgomery Remains In Prison As Nation Celebrates Freedom
- Supreme Court Ruling On Student Drug Testing Expected To Decrease Pot Use And Increase
Alcohol And Hard Drug Use By Students
- Anaheim Repeals Ordinance Barring Former Drug Offenders From Parks
- Compassionate Oregonians For Medicinal Cannabis
- JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association Prints Article By NORML Board
Chairman Calling For Medical Access To Marijuana
- The Story Of Jimmy Montgomery And Other American Victims Of Cannabis Prohibition Told At
London Human Rights Conference
- Walter Cronkite Calls For Bipartisan Commission To Study Alternatives To Drug War
- The Ten Millionth Marijuana Arrest Will Take Place On July 20, The Last Day Of A NIDA
Anti-Marijuana Propaganda Fest
- NORML National Director To Address Major London Human Rights Convention
- Oregon Senate Kills Marijuana Recriminalization Bill
- Massachusetts House Passes An Affirmative Medical Marijuana Defense
- California Senate Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Bill Senate Ratification
Expected!
- Dutch Police Chiefs Agree: Continue To Separate Cannabis From 'Hard' Drugs!
- More News From The Netherlands: Univ. Of Amsterdam Study Concludes That 'Tolerant'
Cannabis Laws Do Not Lead To More Use
- Prosecutors' Choice: Jail Or Taxes For Drug Offenders
- Quayle Accuser's Case Due Another Hearing
- Plight Of Oklahoma Paraplegic Pot Prisoner To Be Topic At Major London Human Rights
Convention
- Oregon House Votes To Re-criminalize Marijuana Possession
- Update: The U.S. Sentencing Commission is considering an amendment that impacts cannabis
consumers
- Deadline: The U.S. Sentencing Commission Requests Public Comment
- CA Senate Votes To Opt Out Of 'Smoke A Joint, Lose Your License'
- Orange County Register Opines In Favor Of Medical Marijuana
- Gatewood Galbraith Runs A Strong Fourth In KY Gubernatorial Race
- Kentucky Hemp Law Is - The Law
- Marijuana Activist On Trial For Birdseed In Texas
- Update: Jimmy Montgomery - Cause And Effect
- Maine Legislature Rejects Medical Marijuana Bill
- Jimmy Montgomery Now Suffering In Solitary Confinement; Medical Neglect Threatens Life
- San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Supports Medicinal Marijuana
- Court Clears Way For NORML Medical Marijuana Lawsuit And Rally In Anaheim
- SPECIAL APPEAL: Help Medical Marijuana Patients In Washington State
- A Classic Example Of Permissible Hate Speech With A Recent Echo
- Cause and Effect: Imprisoning Non-violent Drug Offenders Doubles Local Jail Populations
In Just 10 Years!
- Drug Czar Brown Escalates Potent Pot Follies Claims 40 Fold Increase In THC Levels!
- JIMMY MONTGOMERY STILL IN PRISON: CONDITION DETERIORATING, AS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE DOES
'SPIN CONTROL'
- ATLANTA MAYORS' PROHIBITIONIST SUMMIT A PROPAGANDA FAILURE! ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
LAUNCHES NEW 'ANTI-LEGALIZATION' EFFORT
- NORML TO PRESENT LETTER TO DUTCH AMBASSADOR; JOINS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR DUTCH DRUG
POLICY
- SLAIN MARIJUANA USER'S FAMILY FILES WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT
- CALIFORNIA IS 'BUZZING' WITH MEDICINAL MARIJUANA NEWS
- In Oklahoma Franz Kafka Is Doing Very Well: But Jimmy Montgomery Is Still Literally
Rotting In Prison
- Permissible Murders Part 2: Wisconsin Police Kill Another Marijuana Suspect: 15 Year Old
Shot By Narc Who Had Been Drinking
- Permissible Murders Happen Because Of Permissible Hate Speech
- Dutch Health Minister Joins Group Objecting To Atlanta Mayors' Prohibitionist Conference
- International Demonstrations Supporting Dutch Policy Scheduled For May 19
- Legal Defense Fund Being Organized For Washington State Medical Marijuana Activists
- VINDICTIVE PROSECUTOR BLOCKS JIMMY MONTGOMERY'S RELEASE WITH LAST MINUTE OBJECTION
- (Meanwhile) Washington State Arrests Medical Marijuana Patients And Activists Who
Provide Marijuana To Sick, Dying And Disabled Persons
- PERMISSIBLE MURDERS IN AMERICA: ANOTHER SUSPECTED MARIJUANA USER KILLED IN HIS HOME BY
WISCONSIN POLICE
- GOOD NEWS! JIMMY MONTGOMERY TO BE FREED ON TUESDAY!
- NORML And ACLU Attack Legitimacy Of Anaheim Law
- NORML REITERATES ITS COMMITMENT TO NON-VIOLENCE
- Affirmative Medical Necessity Defense Bill Being Considered In California
- NIDA To Hold A National Conference On Marijuana
- Major Increase In British Teens Using Cannabis
- (Conveniently) The BBC Airs A Rabid Anti-Marijuana 'Documentary'
- Surprising Police Views Of The 'Drug War'
- Jimmy Montgomery: The Importance Of Publicity
- Baltimore Sun's Front Page Afflicted By 'Reefer Madness' - DEA Admits Shifting Agents
From Cocaine To Marijuana Hunt
- Hair Testing For Marijuana Called Unreliable, But Proceeds Anyway
- National Review Reports on Jimmy Montgomery; Paraplegic Now Receiving Better Treatment;
Hopeful Of Release Soon
- Prohibitionists React Hysterically To ABC News Program Critical Of Drug Prohibition And
Condemn 'Drug Legalization In Europe'
- Long Island Student Suspended Just For Wanting To Write A Paper On The Economics Of Hemp
- Atlantic Monthly Work On Marijuana Prohibition Wins Prestigious 'National Magazine
Award'
- HUNDREDS PROTEST AGAINST DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION'S HARASSMENT OF SICK AND DYING
AT SAN FRANCISCO CANNABIS BUYERS CLUB; AGENTS FOLLOW AND VIDEO TAPE PATIENTS AS THEY LEAVE
CLUB; PREPARING A BUST?
- MEANWHILE IN OKLAHOMA, PARAPLEGIC JIMMY MONTGOMERY IS HAND-CUFFED TO A PRISON BED; LIFE
IN DANGER; DENIED PROPER MEDICAL TREATMENT; NO ACCESS TO SHOWER
- Representative Solomon Introduces A Bill To Deny Tax-Exempt Status to Organizations
'Which Promote The Legalization Of Certain Drugs'
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Accepts NORML's Recommendations To Reform Federal Sentencing
Guidelines For Marijuana
- Iowa Senate Removes Mandatory Minimum Sentences For Drug Offenders
- Orwell Watch: FDA Clears The Way For Patch Testing in U.S.
- Update: Jimmy Montgomery Shares Prison Cell With 40 Prisoners
- Meanwhile: Willie Nelson's Pot Charges Dropped
- Police Chief Of Hawaii County Suffers From A Case Of 'Reefer Madness'
- OKLAHOMA RE-IMPRISONS PARAPLEGIC JIMMY MONTGOMERY ON POT CHARGE; FAMILY FEARS FOR HIS
LIFE
- Editor of Arkansas Times Comes out of Her 'Smoky Little Closet'
- Alleged white House Shootist Reportedly Smoked Pot and Listened to Rush Limbaugh.
A Dangerous Combination?
- New Test Allows Parents to Test Their Children's Rooms for 'Drugs'
- Marijuana Plants Thrive In Downtown Tel Aviv. Is Marijuana Decriminalization
Coming To Isreal?
- REMINDER: ABC News Special To Focus On The 'War On Drugs'
- Alcohol Industry Association Hires Former Head Of Drug Enforcement Administration
- Special Announcement: ABC News Special To Focus On The 'War on Drugs'
- Federal Execution Delayed For Convicted Marijuana 'Kingpin'
- Nearly Fifty Percent Of Coloradans Approve Of Hemp Cultivation
- Brazil May Decriminalize Personal Use Of Marijuana!
- NORML Testifies Before U.S. Sentencing Guideline Commission
- U.S. Congressman Seeks To Halt Free-Speech On Information Superhighway (Or George Orwell
Call Home)
- 'Drug Peace' In the Middle East?
- Marijuana 'Kingpin' Qualifies For First Federal Execution In 32 Years
- Founder of 'Our Church' Receives 10-Year Sentence In Marijuana Case
- Medical Marijuana Legislation About To 'Disappear' From Colorado Law
- [Conversely,] Missouri Senate To Consider 'Medical Necessity' Defense For Citizens Using
Medicinal Marijuana
- Texas Criminal Defense Attorney Indicted On Marijuana Charges Goes On Hunger Strike To
Protest Lack Of Marinol
- Largest Drug Testing Company Reports A Steep Decline In Positive Drug Tests -- Except
MARIJUANA!
- Head Of DEA Claims That The U.S. Is Losing 'War On Drugs'
- Sunday Los Angeles Times Front Page: S.F. Cannabis Buyers' Club
- California Assemblyman's Bill Could Relieve The Need For Cannabis Buyer's Club
- Iowa State Senators Urge Senator Harkin To Support Medical Marijuana Research
- Liberty Lovers -- Beware The Ides Of March!...
- Drug Watch International And The DEA Combine Forces To Kill Colorado Hemp Bill With Two
Powerful Weapons: Lies And Threats
- DEA's Next Target: Hawaii...Top U.S. General Says The U.S.'s Multibillion - Dollar 'Drug
War' Has Accomplished Little
- The New York Times Magazine Runs A Very High Times-Type Article
- Michigan Lawyer Still Being Persecuted By The Feds After Serving Eight Months In Prison
For ONE Joint!
- U.S. House Resolution 97 -- Seeks To Create Law Enforcement 'Rapid Strike Force' To Aid
America's Failed Drug War
- MTV Affirms Its Censoring Of Music Videos
- Pot Case Could Set Precedent In Kansas
- Trading The Fourth Amendment For A Baggie Of Pot
- Conservatives And Liberals Agree On The Excess Of The 'Drug War' - USA Today Editorial
In Step With The National Review
- A Baltimore Grand Jury's Assignment: Study The Drug War And Make Recommendations -- The
Jury's in -- Their Recommendation: Decriminalize Marijuana!
- French Commission Narrowly Votes To 'Decriminalize' Marijuana
- European Parliament Commission Favors Legalization of Cannabis
- Drug Czar and Partnership For A Drug-Free (sic) America Hold a Closed -- by Invitation
Only -- Briefing
- Maine Governor Ends Helicopter Marijuana Searches
- Chief Coroner of Canadian Province of British Columbia Calls for Consideration of
Legalizing Cannabis
- Kentucky Governor Creates Hemp Fiber Crop Task Force
- At Last, an O. J. Simpson Marijuana Story (almost)
- Dutch Justice Minister Wants to Regulate Marijuana Supply
- Another Federal Judge Declines Drug Cases and Agrees That Marijuana Should Be
Decriminalized
- First Annual HEMP AID Benefit Concert Announced
- Actor Tim Robbins Tells Playboy He Favors Marijuana Legalization
- Police Respond To Arson Report -- Find DARE Graduate Burning Mother's Marijuana
- Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Takes Issue With DEA Briefing Paper That Slanders
Dutch Dutch Policy
- Ohio's Smoke A Joint, Lose Your License Law Found To Be Unconstitutional
- U.S. Anti-Drug Agencies Continue To Impede Medical Marijuana Research
- LaGuardia Report Turns 50: Massive Marijuana Study Found Dangers Highly Exaggerated
Carl E. Olsen - carl-olsen@mchsi.com
P.O. Box 4091, Des Moines, IA 50333
(515) 288-5798 voice and fax
December
28, 1995