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Researchers Allege Increase in Youth Marijuana Use Following Decrim Law

Having failed to find evidence that Prop 215 increased teen MJ use in CA, researchers are now alleging an increase in youth marijuana use following adoption of CA’s decriminalization bill in 2011. Unfortunately, the CA AG stopped conducting its biennial surveys of student drug use, so it’s difficult to confirm these figures. If these claims …

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A man with a beard and glasses is standing behind a podium, looking at PET scan images displayed on a screen. The text on the screen reads "Estimation of CB1 receptor expression in human brain." The podium has a UCLA logo and the text "Simms/Mann UCLA Center," highlighting research linked to cannabis studies. CA Norml

UCLA Looks At Cannabis and Cancer

The UCLA Simms/Mann Center for Integrative Oncology, which has offered free psychosocial care for cancer patients and their families for 22 years, kicked off its 2015 “Insights into Cancer” lecture series with a panel on medicinal marijuana and cancer on January 13. The panel featured two psychiatrists, Garth Terry and Thomas Strouse, and public policy …

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Cal NORML’s Activities in 2014 and Plans for 2015

This year saw California NORML active on multiple fronts while we undertook preparations for a 2016 legalization initiative with the Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform (ReformCA.com). An event to kick off the 2016 campaign will be held on Friday, January 9, 2015 from 12:30-6:30 PM at the Waterfront Hotel at Jack London Square in Oakland. …

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Graph showing California marijuana arrests from 1972 to 2013. Lines represent total arrests, misdemeanors, and felonies. Total and felony arrests peak around 1980, then decline as DUIs decline. Misdemeanors fluctuate, rising in the 2000s before decreasing post-2010. CA Norml

Marijuana Arrests Steady, DUIs Decline in CA

Dec. 12, 2014 – California reported 13,779 felony and 6,587 misdemeanor arrests for marijuana in 2013, about the same as the year before, according to the latest data from the Criminal Justice Statistics Center. An unknown number of additional persons, probably in the tens of thousands, were cited for possession infractions of an ounce or …

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A Tale of Two Counties: Fresno Balks But El Dorado Listens

December 2 – At a hearing this morning in Fresno, county supervisors discussed making proposed changes to their total cultivation ban, including allowing 12-plant gardens, appointing an impartial hearing officer to hear appeals to abatement proceedings and fines, and adjusting the level of fines. Two locals testified during the hearing: Michael Green of the Fresno …

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Image of the California State Capitol building with a blue sky. A cloud in the shape of a marijuana leaf is visible above the building. At the bottom, there is a CalNORML logo on the left and a website address "www.CaNORML.org" on the right, highlighting activities from 2015. CA Norml

CalNORML’s Activities in 2014 and Plans for 2015

In 2014, CalNORML lobbied for the passage of AB 1894 (Ammiano) and worked on SB1262 (Correa) to regulate medical marijuana in California. In the end, both bills failed after unacceptable compromises were introduced in the Correa bill. Through sound testimony and by alerting our activist network, we were able to detail yet another bill, AB2500 …

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Two Veterans Tell Their Story: VA Hospitals in Southern California Deny Medical Marijuana Patients Their Prescription Meds

UPDATE 1/11/15: Horse has now been told that the old policy is still in effect and she will be denied her meds; she has been drug tested. Charles was told on Christmas eve that his meds will not be restored. UPDATE 12/11/14: Horse reports that her pain and Xanax prescriptions have been restored, after she …

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US Veterans Denied Pain Medications Over Medical Marijuana Use

Support The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act. UPDATE 3/10 – A revised policy has been issued. Read more. 3/6 – Dr. Skye McDougal has been snowed in in DC and is expected in California on Monday, March 9 to sign the new policy. 3/3 – The policy has been revised and is awaiting the …

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