2016 Philadelphia Flower Show We are thrilled to announce that PhillyNORML will be participating in the 2016 Philadelphia Flower Show! From March 4th – March 13th, we will have the opportunity to educate over 250,000 attendees about cannabis and the need for legal reform. Joining us at the “Coming Out Green” (booth 1021 in the […]
Save the Date – Medical Cannabis Gets Another Hearing Updated: 2/24/15 at 6:52pm. Feb 25, 2015 – SB3 State Government Committee Hearing; Hearing Room 1, North Office Bldg. Harrisburg PA On February 25th at 9:00AM, the PA Senate State Government Committee will hold a hearing on Senate Bill 3. This session, 26 members of the Senate have co-sponsored this bill. That […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 9/8/2014 Breaking news via KYW1060AM – http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/09/08/nutter-agrees-to-sign-bill-softening-marijuana-laws-in-philadelphia/ Mayor Nutter today agreed to sign into law a bill that essentially decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana. Statement from Chris Goldstein, the co-chair of PhillyNORML PhillyNORML applauds Mayor Michael Nutter for seeing the light in the effort to stop custodial arrests for […]
Campaign for Compassion gears up for final legislative push of the session
On September 15th at 10:00AM at the Capitol Building Front Steps in Harrisburg, PA, the Campaign for Compassion will be holding a rally. This rally will be in support of SB1182 and HB2182, the medical cannabis bills introduced by Senators Folmer and Leach, and Representatives Cox and Cohen. The PA legislature will return to Harrisburg […]
by Derek Rosenzweig. On June 27th, 2014 history was made in Pennsylvania. For the first time ever, a medical cannabis bill cleared a major legislative hurdle. PA Senate Bill 1182, the “Medical Cannabis Act,” received an astonishing unanimous vote, 11 – 0, to amend and move the bill out of the Senate Law and Justice […]
Philadelphia City Council approves downgrading marijuana penalty with veto-proof majority Breaking 6/19/2014: Today the full Philadelphia City Council approved a bill to reduce marijuana penalties and stop custodial arrests. “This is nothing short of a historic day for civil rights in Philadelphia,” said PhillyNORML Co-Chair Chris Goldstein, “We can now stop the practice of having […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 6/9/2014 City Council Law & Govt Committee approves downgrading marijuana penalty Breaking: Today the Philadelphia City Council Law and Government Committee approved Councilman Kenney’s bill to reduce marijuana penalties. The vote this afternoon was nearly unanimous: Council members Greenlee, Tasco, Goode Jr., Henon and Kenney voted yes and only Councilman O’Brien […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 6/8/2014 Philadelphia City Council committee will hear testimony on changing marijuana policy For the second time this year PhillyNORML will testify at a hearing of the Philadelphia City Council Law and Government Committee in support of Councilman Kenney’s marijuana decriminalization bill. The hearing takes place on Monday June 9, 2014 at […]
When: Saturday June 14th, 2014 – 9:30 a.m. (registration), 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (forum) Where: Fitts Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 3501 Sansom St., Philadelphia Who: Senator Anthony Williams, Advocates and opponents to marijuana legalization With the Pennsylvania General Assembly moving forward on legislation to legalize medical cannabis, State Sen. Anthony H. Williams […]
Earlier today, Senator McIlhinney announced that the PA Senate Law and Justice Committee will be hosting a second hearing on Senators Folmer and Leach’s medical marijuana bill SB1182. Testimony from the first hearing was streamed online and is still available to watch. The second hearing will be June 10th at 10:00AM. The exact room is […]
