Advocacy

“As cannabis professionals, how do we go to the mainstream?” says Andrew Farrior, who cofounded Digital Venture Partners (DVP) along with Ryan Rapaport and prominent hip-hop producer/artist Sonny Digital. “How…

This year has quickly transformed into a historic time that will be remembered for tremendous change throughout the U.S., and cannabis legalization will play a huge role. Montana is the…

Arizona’s cannabis laws have been surprisingly strict, allowing only for medical use, despite playing neighbor to states like Colorado and California where the plant is legal for both adult-use and…

The United States would still have a prison problem if it did away with its nonviolent prison sentences. That said, the measure would be a massive boost to a recently…

Harry J. Anslinger, the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, was an ardent prohibitionist. To get the United States to ban marijuana, Anslinger relied on the first wave of cannabis propaganda.

Cannabis and hemp plants have existed on this planet for thousands of years. The plants maintained a prominent place throughout cultures across the world, being used medicinally, industrially, religiously, and…

I attended my first cannabis activism event in the late 90’s (I’m 35 years old). It was a rally on the front steps of the Oregon Capital. The rally was not the…

NORML has worked at the grass roots level to support virtually every cannabis reform effort in the nation, and internationally, since being founded by Keith Stroup in 1970. Today NORML…

PTSD is hard to describe, tough to quantify, and seemingly difficult to treat. You can’t truly know it unless you’re living the nightmare. Or in many cases, re-living the nightmare…