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Country	State/Prov	Year	Month

2007
Dec 27	Washington, DC USA	2007: The Year In Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy
Dec 20	Washington, DC USA	Latest Marijuana Smoke Warnings Could Be Mitigated By Vaporization
Dec 20	Elk Grove, IL USA	American Academy Of Pediatrics Reaffirms Stance Opposing Random Student Drug Testing
Dec 13	Perugia, Italy	Migraine May Be Related To Underproduction Of Cannabinoids, Study Says
Dec 13	Washington, DC USA	House Judiciary Leader Criticizes DEA’s Attacks On Medi-Pot Dispensaries
Dec 13	Washington, DC USA	Passage Of Medical Marijuana Laws, ‘Deprioritization’ Measures, Coincides With “Significant, Long-Term Reductions” In Teen Pot Use
Dec 6	Bismarck, ND USA	North Dakota: Farmers’ Suit to Grow Hemp Dismissed by Courts -- DEA Approves Hemp Research at North Dakota State
Dec 6	Garden Grove, CA USA	Seized Medical Cannabis Returned in California and Colorado Cases
Dec 6	Washington, DC USA	Report: Drug War Disproportionately Targets Blacks in 97% of Large Counties
Nov 29	Linkoping, Sweden	Ten-Fold Spike In Drivers Drug Tested After Passage Of Zero Tolerance DUID Law, Study Says
Nov 29	New York, NY USA	US Clinical Trial Of Cannabis Spray For Cancer Pain Underway
Nov 29	Waukesha, WI USA	Wisconsin: Waukesha County Enacts Pot Decriminalization Ordinance
Nov 21	San Francisco, CA USA	Pot Compound May Offer “Non-Toxic” Alternative To Chemotherapy
Nov 21	Washington, DC USA	Decriminalizing Pot Will Reduce Prison Population, Have No Adverse Impact On Public Safety, Study Says
Nov 15	Washington, DC USA	Join NORML This Month For The 24th Annual Key West Legal Seminar
Nov 15	Washington, DC USA	US Marijuana Market “Saturated,” Pot Prices To Fall, Federal Report Says
Nov 15	Liverpool, UK	Cannabis Spray Effective Long Term In Pain Treatment, Study Says
Nov 8	Lausanne, Switzerland	Teen Pot Use Not Associated With Psychosocial Problems, Study Says
Nov 8	Denver, CO USA	Denver Voters Approve Pot ‘Deprioritization’ Measure
Nov 8	Sydney, NS Australia	Pot Use Associated With Enhanced Cognitive Performance In Schizophrenics
Nov 1	Denver, CO USA	Denver Voters To Decide Next Week On Citywide Pot ‘Deprioritization’ Measure
Nov 1	Philadelphia, PA USA	Leading Democratic Presidential Candidates Reject Call To Decriminalize Pot
Nov 1	London, UK	Britain: Pot Use Drops Following Drug’s Reclassification - Illicit drug use hits record low after cops cease arresting minor pot violators
Oct 25	Washington, DC USA	DEA Head Announces Resignation
Oct 25	La Jolla, CA USA	Inhaled Cannabis Has Biphasic Effect On Capsaicin-Induced Pain, Study Says
Oct 25	Portland, OR USA	Random Drug Testing May Increase Risks Among Student Athletes, Study Says -- Findings contradict White House publication touting testing’s “proven” benefits
Oct 18	Ramat-Gan, Israel	Pot Compound Should Be Evaluated As Brain Tumor Treatment, Study Says
Oct 18	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Governor Vetoes Hemp Pilot Project
Oct 18	Washington, DC USA	North Americans Most Likely To Search The Internet For Pot
Oct 4	Washington, DC USA	Last Chance To Join NORML In Los Angeles - Join High Times, travel guru Rick Steves, and leading marijuana law reformers at nation’s largest pot conference
Oct 4	Washington, DC USA	Quarter Of A Million Facebook Users Voice Their Support For Ending Pot Prohibition
Oct 4	Washington, DC USA	Pot Prohibition Costs Taxpayers More Than $40 Billion Per Year, Study Says
Sep 27	Hailey, ID USA	Idaho: City To Vote On Multiple Pot Measures
Sep 27	Norman, OK USA	Criminal Penalties, Youth Drug Prevention Programs Don’t Influence Drug-Making Decisions, Study Says - Impact of drug education programs like DARE is “minimal”
Sep 25	Washington, DC	Survey: One In Five High Schools Drug Test Students
Sep 24	Washington, DC USA	Marijuana Arrests For Year 2006 – 829,625 Tops Record High...Nearly 6 Percent Increase Over 2005
Sep 20	Dublin, Ireland	Cannabis May Offer Alzheimer’s Hope, Study Says
Sep 20	Washington, DC USA	Defense Contractors Awarded Billions To Assist Drug War
Sep 20	Washington, DC USA	Members Of Congress Demand DEA Allow For The Private Production Of Pot
Sep 13	Boston, MA USA	Tens Of Thousands Expected To Attend Boston ‘Freedom Rally’ This Saturday
Sep 13	Valbonne, France	Pot Compound Protective Against ‘Mad Cow’ Disease, Other Fatal Brain Disorders, Study Says
Sep 13	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Hemp Cultivation Bill Sent To Governor
Sep 5	Washington, DC USA	NORML Launches ‘In-World’ Office On Second Life
Sep 5	Austin, TX USA	Texas: Cops Say They Will Continue To Jail Minor Pot Possession Offenders Despite New Law
Sep 5	Sydney, Australia	Pot May Alleviate Anorexia, Study Says
Aug 30	Salisbury, United Kingdom	Cannabinoids Associated With “More Restful Sleep,” Study Says
Aug 30	Washington, DC USA	Feds Slash Funding For Controversial Student Drug Testing Programs
Aug 30	Washington, DC USA	NORML Calls On Next Attorney General To End Medi-Pot Raids
Aug 23	Denver, CO USA	Denver Voters To Decide On Pot ‘Deprioritization’ Ordinance
Aug 23	New York, NY USA	Warren Wilson College Named Top School For “Higher” Learning
Aug 23	Victoria, BC Canada	Alcohol And Cocaine – But Not Cannabis – Linked To Violent Behavior, Study Says
Aug 15	Seattle, WA USA	World’s Largest Annual Pot ‘Protestival’ To Take Place This Weekend
Aug 15	Montreal, QC Canada	Preemptive Use Of Cannabinoids Enhances Pain Relief, Study Says
Aug 15	College Station, TX USA	State Medi-Pot Laws Not Associated With Increased Drug Use, Study Says
Aug 9	Ottawa, ON Canada	Canada Approves Cannabis Spray For Cancer Pain
Aug 9	Washington, DC USA	Latest Pot Smoking Warnings Call For Education, Not Prohibition, NORML Says-Respiratory risks may be mitigated by vaporization, regulation
Aug 9	Jerusalem, Israel	Cannabis Receptor System Offers Novel Target For Osteoporosis Treatment, Study Says
Aug 2	Washington, DC USA	NORML Responds To New Rash Of Pot And Mental Health Claims
Aug 2	Washington, DC USA	Failed Pot Prohibition ‘Celebrates’ 70-Year Anniversary
Jul 26	Washington, DC USA	Congress Votes To Continue Prosecution Of State-Authorized Medi-Pot Patients -- 165 House members – the most ever – vote to end federal raids in California, 11 other states
Jul 26	Washington, DC USA	NORML To Offer First-Ever "Sensible Amsterdam" Tour --Join NORML and CS Travel on a guided tour of Amsterdam and learn what "genuine freedom looks like"
Jul 19	Washington, DC USA	Willie Nelson To Headline August 10, 2007 NORML Benefit Concert -- Join NORML at the Austin Freedom Fest in Texas to help end marijuana prohibition
Jul 19	Los Angeles, CA USA	Landlords of Los Angeles Medi-Pot Dispensaries Threatened With Forfeiture, 20 Years in Prison
Jul 19	Baltimore, MD USA	Oral Pill Arrests Marijuana ‘High,’ Study Says
Jul 12	Washington, DC USA	NORML Television Ad Urges Viewers To "Discover A Whole New Outlook On Life" -- ‘No prisons for pot’ commercial now airing in Maryland
Jul 12	Austin, TX USA	Texas: Seventy Percent Of All ‘Marijuana Treatment’ Admissions Stem From Arrest, Study Says
Jul 5	Jacksonville, FL USA	Doctors Not Proficient At Interpreting Drug Tests
Jul 5	Austin, TX USA	Pending Texas Law Gives Cops Discretion In Minor Pot Cases
Jul 5	Denver, CO USA	Colorado Judge Suspends Limit on Number of Patients
Jun 28	Providence, RI USA	Rhode Island: Legislature Makes One-Year-Old Medical Cannabis Law Permanent
Jun 28	Washington, DC USA	‘Pro-Pot’ Speech By Students Not Constitutionally Protected, Supreme Court Rules
Jun 28	New York, NY USA	Cannabis Has "Clear Medical Benefits" For HIV Patients, Study Says -- Smoked marijuana produces “substantial and comparable increases in food intake … with little evidence of discomfort and no impairment of cognitive performance”
Jun 21	Hartford, CT USA	Connecticut: Governor’s Veto Means Arrest, Jail For State’s Medi-Pot Patients
Jun 21	Bismark, ND USA	Federal Suit Challenges Government’s Jurisdiction Over Hemp
Jun 21	Ottawa, Ontario	Canada Grants Preliminary Approval For Cannabis Extracts For Cancer Pain
Jun 14	Rockville, MD USA	FDA Advisory Panel Says Controversial Cannabinoid Blocker Not Safe For Human Consumption
Jun 14	Bonn, Germany	Cannabinoids Reduce Skin Inflammation
Jun 14	Albany, NY USA	New York: State Assembly, Governor Back Medical Marijuana Measure
Jun 7	Washington, DC USA	Marijuana "Worth Its Weight In Gold," US Government Says
Jun 7	Hilo, HI USA	Hawaii: County Council Rejects Federal Funding For Pot Eradication Efforts
Jun 7	Montpelier, VT USA	Vermont Expands State Medi-Pot Law -- Legislatures In Connecticut, Rhode Island Also Endorse Medical Cannabis
May 31	Washington, DC USA	Last Chance To Join NORML, Tommy Chong, Anita Thompson, And The Nation's Top Pot Law Attorneys At The 2nd Annual NORML Aspen Legal Seminar
May 31	Richmond, VA USA	Cannabinoids Enhance Analgesic Activity Of Opiates In Inflammatory Pain, Study Says
May 31	Washington, DC USA	NORML’s Daily Audio Stash Celebrates One-Year Anniversary - Web’s Most Pot-Friendly Podcast Serves Over 2.2 Million Downloads In First Year
May 24	Washington, DC USA	NORML Remembers Dr. Tod Mikuriya
May 24	New York, NY USA	Marijuana Intoxication Does Not Adversely Impact Decision Making, Study Says
May 24	San Francisco, CA USA	Combined Use Of Cigarettes And Pot Associated With COPD, Study Says
May 17	Baltimore, MD USA	Past Pot Use May Be Detected In Sweat For Up To Four Weeks, Study Says
May 17	Olympia, WA USA	Legislators Amend Washington State Medi-Pot Law
May 17	Berlin, Germany	Cannabis Use May "Improve" Brain Function In Schizophrenics, Study Says
May 10	Honolulu, HI USA	Hawaii: State’s 13,000 Teachers To Be Subjected To Random Drug Testing
May 10	Ottawa, Ontario	Canada: Red Tape Thwarts Patients’ Access To Legal Medi-Pot Supply, Study Says
May 10	Washington, DC USA	Join NORML In Los Angeles For Our 2007 National Conference -- Sign Up Today To Take Advantage Of NORML’s Limited Discounted Rates
May 3	New York, NY USA	More Than 230 Cities, 35 Countries To Hold Marijuana Rallies This Weekend
May 3	Washington, DC USA	State Legislatures Move Forward With Medi-Pot Proposals
May 3	London, United Kingdom	Pot Use Doesn’t Exacerbate Symptoms Of Schizophrenia, Study Says
Apr 26	London, United Kingdom	Cannabinoid Receptor Agonist Significantly Reduces Post-Operative Pain, Study Says
Apr 26	Washington, DC USA	NORML Responds To White House's 'Potent Pot' Scare Campaign
Apr 26	Washington, DC USA	Join NORML, Tommy Chong, And The Nation's Top Pot Law Attorneys At The 2nd Annual NORML Aspen Legal Seminar
Apr 19	San Francisco, CA USA	"Smokeless" Cannabis Delivery System Found "Safe And Effective," Study Says
Apr 19	Los Angeles, CA USA	Pot's Active Ingredient Halts Lung Cancer Growth, Study Says
Apr 19	Washington, DC USA	NORML Affiliates Nationwide To Celebrate 'High Holiday'
Apr 12	New York, NY USA	African-American Mothers More Likely To Be Tested For Drugs, Study Says
Apr 12	Denver, CO USA	Denver: Marijuana Arrests Increase Despite Voter-Approved Initiative Abolishing City's Pot Penalties
Apr 12	Washington, DC USA	NORML Affiliates To Protest Pot Prohibition On Tax Day
Apr 5	Bethesda, MD USA	Saliva Tests Still Not Reliable For Detecting Cannabis, Study Says
Apr 5	Rockville, MD USA	FDA Postpones Decision On Safety Of Controversial Cannabinoid Blocking Agent
Apr 5	Santa Fe, NM USA	New Mexico Becomes Twelfth State To Authorize Medical Cannabis Use
Mar 29	Sydney, Australia	Marijuana Therapy Prevalent Among HIV/AIDS Patients, Study Says
Mar 29	Cincinnati, OH USA	Cincinnati: City Council Makes Pot Recrim "Emergency" Ordinance "Indefinite"
Mar 29	Salt Lake City, UT USA	Utah: Pot Odor Not Sufficient For Warrantless Search, Supreme Court Rules
Mar 22	Washington, DC USA	National Commission On Marihuana Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Mar 22	Washington, DC USA	Richard Nixon On Pot
Mar 22	Washington, DC USA	Zogby Poll: Majority Of Americans Back Removing Criminal Penalties For Adult Pot Use
Mar 15	Santa Fe, NM USA	New Mexico: Legislature Approves Medical Marijuana Bill
Mar 15	Pasadena, CA USA	Ninth Circuit: No "Fundamental" Right To Use Pot To Ease Suffering
Mar 15	Elk Grove, IL USA	American Academy of Pediatrics Slams Random Student Drug Testing Policies -- Tests are ineffective, not backed by physicians, and may push teens toward the use of dangerous drugs and alcohol
Mar 8	West Oahu, HI USA	Hawaii: State's Legalization Of Pot Could Yield $33 Million Annually
Mar 8	Detroit, MI USA	Michigan: Democrats Back Medical Marijuana Resolution
Mar 8	New York, NY USA	Minorities Over-Represented In Pot Arrests, Study Says
Mar 1	Washington, DC USA	NORML Now Offering Rare Autographed Marijuana Memorabilia On eBay
Mar 1	Flint, MI USA	Flint Becomes Fifth Michigan City To Pass Medical Pot Law
Mar 1	San Francisco, CA USA	Roadside Sobriety Testing Increases Support For Taxing, Regulating Marijuana, Study Says
Feb 22	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Cannabis Poses Less On-Road Risk Than Alcohol, US Crash Data Says
Feb 22	Lafayette, CO USA	Colorado: City Shelves Proposed Pot Penalties
Feb 15	Washington, DC USA	"Industrial Hemp Farming Act" Reintroduced In Congress
Feb 15	West Haven, CT USA	Minor Respiratory Complications, No Decrease In Pulmonary Function Associated With Long-Term Marijuana Smoking, Study Says
Feb 15	Washington, DC USA	Colorado: Judge Resigns Rather Than Impose New Pot Penalties
Feb 12	Washington, DC USA	DEA Administrative Law Judge Rules Against US Government's Monopoly On Pot Production
Feb 12	San Francisco, CA USA	Inhaled Cannabis Significantly Reduces HIV-Associated Neuropathy
Feb 8	Washington, DC USA	More Campuses Moving Forward With Marijuana-Alcohol "Equalization" Legislation
Feb 8	Santa Fe, NM USA	New Mexico: Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Medical Marijuana Measure
Feb 8	Washington, DC USA	White House Requests Increased Funding For Student Drug Testing, Anti-Pot Ads
Feb 1	Washington, DC USA	NORML Teams With Leading Corporate Software Maker To Draft First-Ever 'Enlightened' Employee Marijuana Policy
Feb 1	Kingston, Jamaica	Marijuana Use Prevalent Among Sickle Cell Patients
Jan 25	Little Rock, AR USA	Cannabinoid Agonist Significantly Increases ALS Life Span, Study Says
Jan 25	Oakland, CA USA	African American Youth Disproportionately Represented In Criminal Justice System, Study Says
Jan 25	York, United Kingdom	UK: Police Inconsistently Enforce Pot 'Warning' Policy, Study Says
Jan 18	Krakow, Poland	Endocannabinoids Reduce Gastric Ulcers, Study Says
Jan 18	Los Angeles, CA USA	Feds Raid Eleven Los Angeles Medi-Pot Dispensaries
Jan 18	Salisbury, United Kingdom	Marijuana Extracts Effective In Treating Neuropathic Pain
Jan 11	Washington, DC USA	NORML Announces Second Annual Aspen Legal Seminar
Jan 11	Flint, MI USA	Michigan Voters To Decide Municipal Medi-Pot Measure
Jan 11	Washington, DC USA	White House Announces Dates, Locations For 2007 Regional Student Drug Testing Summits
Jan 4	Terneuzen, Holland	Dutch City Seeks To Expand ‘Coffee Shop’ Model for Cannabis Distribution
Jan 4	Honolulu, HI USA	Hawaii: Legal Medical Marijuana Users Decline by 22% in Hawaii
Jan 4	Oakland, CA USA	Consuming Billions of Dollars of Cannabis Annually, California Loses Out on Tax Revenue

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