Smoke Down Prohibition is a monthly event organized by The Panic Hour and Philly NORML where cannabis activists and consumers come together to protest the insanity that is cannabis prohibition. Attendees hear speeches from medical marijuana patients, activists, supporters, politicians, even police officers. Then at 4:20, there is a beautiful cloud of civilly disobedient marijuana […]
By Derek Rosenzweig The time has come to end the prohibition of marijuana in Pennsylvania. Hundreds of thousands of marijuana smokers across the commonwealth face serious penalties for something which many (myself included) believe should not be a crime. A person in Pennsylvania who is caught with 30 grams of marijuana or less faces up […]
State Representative Mark B. Cohen has re-introduced a bill to regulate medical cannabis in the Keystone State. The legislation, HB1653, has a new name: The Governor Raymond P. Shafer Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. This refers to the Republican former governor (1967-1971) and PA party leader. In 1971 Shafer was picked by President Richard Nixon […]
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office is calling a new set of procedures for minor pot cases a success and plans to continue with the Small Amount of Marijuana (SAM) program. Last year the Pennsylvania Supreme Court worked with the new DA, Seth Williams, to make a pragmatic change in how the justice system deals with […]
http://www.examiner.com/norml-in-philadelphia/philadelphia-marijuana-arrests-remain-high Each year PhillyNORML, the local chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, looks at the marijuana arrest data for the city. The information comes directly from the Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting System. Here are the numbers for 2009, the most recent data available: There were 6, 402 marijuana related arrests […]
Philadelphia NORML Examiner Medical cannabis legislation is active in PA and residents continue to show strong support. New polling conducted by Franklin & Marshall College saw a full 80% of respondents ‘Strongly Favor’ (53%) and ‘Somewhat Favor’ (27%) legal medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. That’s 80% total in support – more than any candidate for office entertains! The […]
