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Ardent Texas Republican Ann Lee took heed when her government warned her of the dangers of marijuana, so she was taken aback when her son Richard told her that he was an equally ardent pot smoker. Speaking yesterday at the 41st annual NORML national conference, Lee explained seeing was believing when her son began using medical marijuana to effectively treat the severe spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed. But her conversion from anti-drug mother to outspoken marijuana activist did …

NORML founder Keith Stroup warns marijuana reform advocates not to sit idly by as support for legalization in the United States swells beyond 50 percent. Speaking this morning in Los Angeles at the 41st annual national conference of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Stroup stressed the importance of seizing the day. “When we won decriminalization in Nebraska in 1978, we didn’t win another thing until California passed its law in 1996,” Stroup said. “Don’t take the public …

Connecticut became the 17th and most recent state to legalize medical marijuana when Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the bill earlier this year; now, just four months later, patients can register for the state-run program. But they’ll need a bit more patience if they want to buy their medicine on the up-and-up. While a valid patient registration immediately protects patients from arrest or prosecution over possession of up to two and a half ounces of marijuana, Connecticut is still putting together its …

Ah, the presidential campaign — an opportunity for President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney to engage in a high-minded debate about ideas of substance and how to best lead America to a prosperous future. Or, spend all their time telling the public that the other is shockingly unfit for office and a terrible person, to boot. Both the president and his challenger have been maddeningly unspecific on many of their substantive policy proposals and what paths they would …

Denizens of the South, get ready to light up. The Arkansas Supreme Court today gave the green light to a ballot measure that will allow residents to vote on bringing legalized medical marijuana to the state this November. The Coalition to Preserve Arkansas Values, a group of conservative activists, had tried to block the measure, arguing that the wording on the ballot didn’t make it clear that people who sold or used medical marijuana could face prosecution under federal law. …