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Six Week Cannabis Career Course Features Certifications and In-Person Coaching

Some PhillyNORML members have put together two courses for people seeking to join the PA Cannabis industry.   One course will cater to people seeking careers in the new medical marijuana industry.   The other course caters to potential business owners.   Want to get a dispensary license?  Build a grower-processor business?   Start a […]

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PA Medical Marijuana in the Senate: Concur or Continue the Fight?

PA Medical Marijuana in the Senate: Concur or Continue the Fight?

Next week, the PA Senate will take on the question of Pennsylvania’s Medical Cannabis (Marijuana) law with the bill known as SB3 (recently passed by the PA House of Representatives). The bill has a number of positive aspects – for instance, it provides coverage for seventeen medical conditions, gives the Health Department the ability to […]

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Coming Out Green – Philly NORML to Participate in 2016 Philadelphia Flower Show

Coming Out Green – Philly NORML to Participate in 2016 Philadelphia Flower Show

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 […]

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Medical Marijuana and Diabetes: How Cannabis Use Can Help Reduce a Very Common Disease

Medical Marijuana and Diabetes: How Cannabis Use Can Help Reduce a Very Common Disease

By Cherise Paramour I found out this past weekend while going car hunting in South Jersey that my mother, in a way, supports medical marijuana legalization: that those who suffer from diseases and illnesses should have the right to use marijuana for relief and that a certain NJ politician should not try and prevent those […]

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PhillyNORML: Testimony to City Council on marijuana decrim

PhillyNORML: Testimony to City Council on marijuana decrim

To the City Council Law and Government Committee June 9, 2014 ### Good afternoon honorable members of City Council. My name is Chris Goldstein and I represent the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana laws, known as PhillyNORML. We have been working here in the city, with state legislators in […]

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Video From 3/10 City Council Hearing on Ending Mandatory Custodial Arrests for Marijuana Possession

Watch the full video below above! The Philadelphia City Council posted video from our hearing in the Law and Government committee on March 10th. The bill discussed would end mandatory custodial arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana in the vast majority of cases. We are currently awaiting a new date for the full […]

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Rep. Jim Cox Becomes First Republican Co-Sponsor of PA Medical Marijuana Bill

Rep. Jim Cox Becomes First Republican Co-Sponsor of PA Medical Marijuana Bill

A medical marijuana bill pending before the Pennsylvania legislature has picked up the added support of State Representative Jim Cox, who becomes the first Republican co-sponsor of the bill. Cox signed on as co-sponsor of the bill after speaking with Central Pennsylvania mother of three Dana Ulrich, who’s daughter Lorelei suffers from severe epilepsy. After hearing the story of […]

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Philly NORML Hoodie Fundraising Drive

Philly NORML Hoodies available for a limited time! These hoodies are ONLY available online, and they are only $35 including shipping! We’ve teamed up with Booster.com to launch a Philly NORML hoodie fundraising drive. Order by October 26 to get yours! We need to pre-sell 20 of these in order for them to start printing […]

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