There are less than two weeks left until Election Day when voters in five states – Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota – will decide on statewide ballot measures to legalize the use of marijuana by adults. Let’s be honest; we’re going to have to fight hard for every vote in all five states, some […]
Nearly seven in ten Americans — including majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents — say that marijuana ought to be legal for personal use, and most perceive it to be less dangerous than alcohol, according to nationwide polling provided by Monmouth University. Consistent with other surveys, 68 percent of respondents support “legalizing the possession of […]
Members of the NAACP’s Board of Directors have approved a resolution calling upon Congress to enact legislation that explicitly allows banks to provide financial services to state-licensed cannabis businesses. Federal law discourages banks and other financial institutions from maintaining relationships with marijuana-related businesses because the plant remains classified as a Schedule I controlled substance. According to data provided by the US Treasury Department earlier this year, […]
Sixty-seven percent of US voters say that “nobody should be in jail for [the] possession of marijuana,” and an even greater percentage oppose its categorization as a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law, according to nationwide survey data compiled by Data for Progress. Seventy-eight percent of Democrats, as well as 70 percent of Independents […]
Most Americans oppose marijuana’s categorization as a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law, and they support efforts to forgive those convicted of cannabis-related offenses, according to nationwide survey data compiled by USA Today/Ipsos Polling. Nearly three in four Americans — including majorities of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans — support “changing how federal law classifies […]
By now you’ve no doubt heard the news – and it’s big! Late yesterday, the President signed a directive providing mass pardons for all of those convicted of federal marijuana possession offenses. For the better part of two years, NORML – and people just like you – have lobbied the President to follow through on […]
Washington, DC: In response to President Biden’s recently announced actions with regard to federal marijuana policy, NORML’s Executive Director Erik Altieri has issued the following statement: “Many of the efforts taken and proposed by the President today are long overdue. For nearly two years, NORML has called upon the Administration to fulfill the President’s campaign […]
Forty-five percent of drug seizure offenses in 2021 involved the confiscation of either cannabis or hashish, according to data provided by the National Incident-Based Reporting System and reported by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. Specifically, the agency reported 885,509 crimes in 2021 involving the seizure of a controlled substance (NIBRS Table 32). Of these, […]
The majority of registered voters in the United States believe that cannabis consumption ought to be legal for adults, according to polling data provided by Morning Consult and Politico. Sixty percent of respondents agreed with the statement, “The use of marijuana should be made legal in the United States.” Only 27 percent of respondents disagreed. […]
Medical students rarely receive any formal training on issues specific to the therapeutic use of cannabis, and few proactively research the issue on their own, according to survey data published in the journal Cureus. Researchers affiliated with a pair of Florida universities surveyed a cohort of medical students regarding their beliefs about cannabis. Consistent with […]
