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2010
Sep 2	Montreal, QC Canada	Inhaled Cannabis Reduces Pain, Improves Sleep In Patients With Neuropathy, Study Says
Sep 2	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Marijuana Infraction Measure Sent To Governor
Sep 2	Detroit, MI USA	Detroit: Court Says That Marijuana Depenalization Measure Will Not Appear On 2010 Ballot
Aug 26	Madrid, Spain	Spain Approves Marijuana Spray As Medicine
Aug 26	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Latino Voters League, Black Police Officers Endorse Marijuana Depenalization Initiative
Aug 26	Tulsa, OK USA	Commonly Prescribed Medications Often Trigger 'False Positive' Results On Urine Drug Screens, Study Says
Aug 19	Detroit, MI USA	Detroit: Marijuana Depenalization Measure In Litigation
Aug 19	Portland, OR USA	Oregon: State NORML Affiliate Re-Opens 'World Famous Cannabis Café'
Aug 19	Washington, DC USA	Register Now To Attend NORML's 2010 National Conference
Aug 12	Washington, DC USA	Washington, DC: Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Not Likely Until Mid-2011
Aug 12	Alexandria, VA USA	Effects Of Random Student Drug Testing Programs Limited, Education Department Study Says
Aug 5	Washington, DC USA	House Passes National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010
Aug 5	Ashbury Park, NJ USA	Rasmussen Poll: Fewer Than One In Five Americans Say Marijuana Is More Dangerous Than Booze
Aug 5	Madrid, Spain	Marijuana Compound Halts Breast Cancer Tumor Growth
Jul 29	Washington, DC USA	Washington, DC: Congress Won't Overturn District's New Marijuana Dispensary Law
Jul 29	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Legislative Analyst's Office Rejects Claims Of Prop. 19 Opponents
Jul 29	Oakland, CA USA	California: Oakland City Council Approves Regulations For First-In-The-Nation Industrial Marijuana Production Facilities
Jul 22	Salem, OR USA	Oregon: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Measure Certified For November Ballot
Jul 22	Washington, DC USA	Veteran Administration Clarifies Medical Marijuana Practices
Jul 22	Ann Arbor, MI USA	Marijuana Use Seldom Associated With Emergency Room Visits, Study Says
Jul 16	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Senator Diane Feinstein Signs Ballot Argument Opposing Marijuana Depenalization Measure
Jul 16	Augusta, ME USA	Maine, Other States, Approve Licenses For Medical Marijuana Distribution Centers
Jul 16	Washington, DC USA	NORML Now Accepting Registrations For Its 2010 National Conference
Jul 8	Seattle, WA USA	Washington: Proposed Marijuana Legalization Initiative Will Not Qualify For 2010 Ballot
Jul 8	Salem, OR USA	Oregon: Marijuana Dispensary Measure Likely To Qualify For November Ballot
Jul 8	New York, NY USA	Experienced Marijuana Consumers Exhibit Virtually No Change In Cognitive Task Performance After Smoking, Study Says
Jul 1	Trenton, NJ USA	New Jersey: Lawmakers Delay Implementation Of Medical Marijuana Law
Jul 1	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Blacks, Latinos Arrested Disproportionately For Marijuana Possession Offenses, Study Says -- California Chapter of the NAACP Endorses Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure
Jul 1	Berlin, Germany	Pot Compound Stimulates Neurogenesis, Study Says
Jun 24	Trenton, NJ USA	New Jersey: Governor Calls For Delay In Implementing Medical Marijuana Law
Jun 24	Syracuse, NY USA	Pot Compounds Inhibit Oral Cancers, Study Says
Jun 24	London, United Kingdom	United Kingdom Approves Marijuana Spray As Medicine -- Prescription Oral Spray, Sativex, Now Available To Patients
Jun 17	Detroit, MI USA	Michigan: Detroit Legalization Measure Confirmed For November Ballot
Jun 17	San Francisco, CA USA	San Francisco: High Times To Hold Medical Cannabis Cup And Expo This Weekend
Jun 17	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Senate Passes Marijuana Infraction Measure
Jun 17	Denver, CO USA	Colorado: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Regulations Take Effect
Jun 9	Washington, DC USA	Washington, DC: Proposed Medical Marijuana Sales Tax Plan Could Yield $400,000 For City
Jun 9	Glen Oaks, NY USA	Age Of Onset Of Schizophrenia Not Associated With Marijuana Use, Study Says
Jun 9	Los Angeles, CA USA	Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Oversight Regulations Officially Take Effect
Jun 3	Phoenix, AZ USA	Arizona: Medical Marijuana Legalization Measure Certified For November Ballot
Jun 3	Manhasset, NY USA	Marijuana Use Associated With Higher Functioning In Schizophrenics, Study Says
Jun 3	Washington, DC USA	Final Chance To Register For NORML's 2010 Aspen Legal Seminar
Jun 3	Portland, ME USA	Maine: One-Day Symposium On State's New Medical Marijuana Law To Take Place This Weekend
May 27	Hartford, CT USA	Marijuana Smoking Associated With Minimal Changes In Driving Performance, Study Finds
May 27	Rockville, MD USA	Criminal Justice Referrals Driving Marijuana 'Treatment' Admissions, Federal Report Finds
May 20	Seattle, WA USA	Marijuana May Extend Life Expectancy Of Lou Gehrig's Disease Patients, Study Says
May 20	Denver, CO USA	Colorado: Lawmakers Pass Controversial Regulations Governing State Licensed Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
May 20	Oakland, CA USA	California: Oakland City Council Endorses Statewide Pot Depenalization Initiative
May 13	Vancouver, BC Canada	Canada Signs Off On Extradition Order For 'Prince Of Pot'
May 13	Detroit, MI USA	Detroit: Voters Likely To Decide On Marijuana Legalization Measure This November
May 13	Washington, DC USA	White House 2010 National Drug Strategy Calls For Expansion Of Per Se 'Drugged' Driving Laws
May 6	Washington, DC USA	Washington DC: City Council Gives Final Approval For Marijuana Dispensary Measure
May 6	New Brunswick, Canada	Patients With Schizophrenia Report Subjective Benefits From Marijuana, Study Says
May 6	Patumthani, Thailand	Marijuana Compound Halts Spread Of Biliary Tract Cancers, Study Says
Apr 29	Portland, OR USA	Oregon: Supreme Court Okays Firing State-Authorized Medi-Pot Users For Off-The-Job Marijuana Use
Apr 29	Victoria, BC Canada	Urine Testing Unlikely To Identify Drugged Employees Or Reduce Workplace Accidents, Study Says
Apr 29	Tallahassee, FL USA	Florida: Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Law Restricting 'Paraphernalia' Sales
Apr 22	Washington, DC USA	NORML Remembers 'The Hemperor' Jack Herer
Apr 22	Washington, DC USA	Washington DC: City Council Unanimously Backs Medical Marijuana Dispensary Plan
Apr 22	New York, NY USA	CBS Polls Finds Majority Of Western Voters, Californians, Back Legalization
Apr 15	Augusta, ME USA	Maine: Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana Dispensary Rules
Apr 15	Washington, DC USA	NORML Foundation To Launch Second NYC Times Square Billboard Campaign New Ad Debuts On April 20 On The CBS Super Screen
Apr 8	Providence, RI USA	Sixth International Clinical Conference On Cannabis Therapeutics To Take Place Next Weekend
Apr 8	Fruita, CO USA	Colorado: City Passes State's First-Ever Medical Marijuana Sales Tax
Apr 8	Philadelphia, PA USA	Philadelphia: No More Criminal Records For Minor Pot Offenders, D.A. Says
Apr 8	Olympia, WA USA	Washington: Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Expansion Measure Into Law
Apr 2	New York, NY USA	New York City: Pot Arrests For 2009 Second Highest Total Ever
Apr 2	San Jose, CA USA	California: San Jose Voters Likely To Decide On Marijuana Tax
Apr 2	Washington, DC USA	Register Now For NORML's Fifth Annual Aspen Legal Seminar -- Three-Day Event Takes Place June 10 - 12
Mar 25	Los Angeles, CA USA	California: Marijuana Depenalization And Regulation Measure Qualifies For November Ballot
Mar 25	Providence, RI USA	Rhode Island: Senate Commission Backs Decriminalizing Marijuana
Mar 25	Pierre, SD USA	Medical Marijuana Legalization Measure Qualifies For South Dakota Ballot
Mar 19	Arcata, CA USA	Medical Cannabis Use Doesn't Adversely Impact Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes, Study Says
Mar 19	Honolulu, HI USA	Hawaii: Marijuana Law Reform Bills Pass Senate, Move Forward In House
Mar 19	Concord, NH USA	New Hampshire: House Passes Marijuana Decriminalization Measure
Mar 19	Olympia, WA USA	Washington: Legislature Expands Medical Marijuana Law
Mar 11	Washington, DC USA	NORML Foundation To Relaunch NYC Times Square Ad Campaign "Money Can Grow On Trees," Marijuana Legalization Group Announces
Mar 5	Providence, RI USA	Rhode Island Lawmakers Introduce State's First Ever Marijuana Legalization Bill
Mar 5	Washington, DC USA	NORML Responds To Latest Warnings Regarding Marijuana Use And Schizophrenia
Mar 5	Chapel Hill, NC USA	Imposition Of Punitive Punishments For Student Drug Test Failures Conflict With Federal Guidelines
Feb 25	Montpelier, VT USA	Vermont: Lawmakers Debate Medical Marijuana Distribution Plan
Feb 25	Washington, DC USA	DC Lawmakers Debate Authorizing Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Feb 25	Hurth, Germany	Over 2,500 Subjects Since 2005 Have Used Marijuana-Based Medicines In Controlled Clinical Trials
Feb 18	Bristol, United Kingdom	Review: Supposed Marijuana And Schizophrenia Link "Overstated"
Feb 18	Sacramento, CA USA	'Gold Standard' Studies Show That Inhaled Marijuana Is Medically Safe And Effective State-Funded Clinical Trials Show Cannabis Eases Neuropathic Pain And Spasticity, Landmark Report Says
Feb 11	Olympia, WA USA	Washington: Senate Lawmakers Expand Medical Marijuana Law
Feb 11	Washington, DC USA	CBS Corporation Bars NORML From Advertising On Times Square Billboard NORML Told: "If CBS changes their morals we will let you know"
Feb 11	Concord, NH USA	New Hampshire: Committee Approves Marijuana Decriminalization Measure
Feb 4	Providence, RI USA	Rhode Island: Decriminalizing Marijuana Could Save Nearly One Quarter Of A Million Dollars Annually
Feb 4	Washington, DC USA	Marijuana Legalization Questions Excluded From YouTube Presidential Forum
Feb 4	Rockville, MD USA	Marijuana Use Growing In Popularity Among Older Americans, U.S. Government Study Says Nearly 10 Percent Of Men Age 50 To 54 Now Using Pot
Jan 28	Los Angeles, CA USA	Los Angeles City Council Enacts Medical Marijuana Oversight Regulations
Jan 28	San Francisco, CA USA	California: Supreme Court Affirms State's Pot Possession Limits Are A Floor, Not A Ceiling
Jan 28	Rockville, MD USA	Federal Agency In Charge Of Marijuana Research Admits Stifling Studies On Medicinal Cannabis NIDA does "not fund research focused on the potential medical benefits of marijuana"
Jan 21	Concord, NH USA	New Hampshire: Lawmakers Debate Marijuana Legalization Measure
Jan 21	Seattle, WA USA	Seattle: City Will No Longer Prosecute Marijuana Possession Offenses
Jan 21	Trenton, NJ USA	New Jersey Becomes Fourteenth State To Legalize Medical Marijuana Use
Jan 21	San Francisco, CA USA	Marijuana Compounds Possess Synergistic Anti-Cancer Effects, Study Says
Jan 14	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Lawmakers Cast First Vote In Nearly 100 Years To Repeal Marijuana Prohibition
Jan 14	Trenton, NJ USA	New Jersey Legislature Authorizes Medical Use Of Marijuana
Jan 14	Olympia, WA USA	Washington: Lawmakers Hold First-Ever Hearing On Marijuana Legalization
Jan 7	Washington, DC USA	National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Launches NORML Women’s Alliance

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