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Country	State/Prov	Year	Month

2006
Dec 28	Washington, DC USA	2006: The Year In Review -- NORML's Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy
Dec 21	Meadville, PA USA	Shafer Report Chair Dies
Dec 21	Washington, DC USA	Marijuana Ranks As Top US Cash Crop
Dec 21	Frankfurt, Germany	Cannabinoid Treatments May Offer Novel Therapy For Parkinson's Disease
Dec 14	San Diego, CA USA	San Diego Supervisors To Appeal Prop. 215 Ruling
Dec 14	New York, NY USA	FDA To Rule On Prescription Use Of Controversial Cannabinoid Blocking Agent
Dec 7	Washington, DC USA	NORML's Daily "AudioStash" Celebrates Six-Month Anniversary, Surpasses 775,000 Downloads
Dec 7	Pittsburgh, PA USA	Marijuana Use Per Se Not a 'Gateway' To Illicit Drug Use, Study Says
Dec 7	San Diego, CA USA	Judge Upholds Ruling Dismissing Counties' Prop. 215 Challenge
Nov 30	Washington, DC USA	US Criminal Justice Population Tops 7 Million
Nov 30	New York, NY USA	Moderate Pot Use Positively Effects Treatment Outcomes For Cocaine Dependent Patients, Study Says
Nov 30	Olympia, WA USA	Patients With Out-Of-State Medi-Pot Docs Not Protected Under State's Marijuana Law, Washington Supreme Court Rules
Nov 21	Washington, DC USA	Join NORML Next Week For The 23rd Annual Key West Legal Seminar
Nov 21	Ottawa, ON Canada	More Patients Accessing Health Canada's Legal Pot
Nov 21	San Diego, CA USA	Judge Issues Tentative Ruling Rejecting Counties' Prop. 215 Challenge
Nov 21	Los Angeles, CA USA	Noted Director, NORML Advisory Board Member Robert Altman Dies
Nov 16	Washington, DC USA	Students For Sensible Drug Policy To Hold 2006 National Conference This Weekend
Nov 16	Washington, DC USA	Feds Scrap Proposed Hair, Sweat, Saliva Tests For Government Workers
Nov 16	San Francisco, CA USA	San Francisco Adopts 'Deprioritization' Ordinance
Nov 8	Washington, DC USA	2006 Mid-Term Election Results Offer Mixed Bag For Marijuana Law Reform
Oct 26	Denver, CO USA	NORML Director, Board Members In Colorado To Promote Depenalization Initiative
Oct 26	Rochester, MN USA	Synthetic THC Eases Stomach Cramping, Study Says
Oct 26	Atlanta, GA USA	Cannabis Agonist Slows Alzheimer's Progression, Study Says
Oct 19	Baltimore, MD USA	Infrequent Pot Use Often Goes Undetected On Hair Strand Tests
Oct 19	London, United Kingdom	Britain: Pot Use Down Dramatically Following Cannabis Reclassification
Oct 19	London, United Kingdom	MS Patients Report Subjective Relief From Cannabis, Survey Data Shows
Oct 12	Washington, DC USA	Nearly One In Eight US Drug Prisoners Are Behind Bars For Pot -- Taxpayers Spending Over $1 Billion Annually To Incarcerate Pot Offenders
Oct 5	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Medical Pot Patients May Receive Financial Reimbursement
Oct 5	Raleigh, NC USA	North Carolina To Study Economic Impact Of Hemp Cultivation
Oct 5	London, United Kingdom	Cannabis Spray Reduces Pain, Spasticity, And Incontinence, Trial Data Says
Sep 28	Ottawa, ON Canada	Canadian Parliament Cuts Medical Marijuana Research Funding
Sep 28	Oxford, United Kingdom	Oral Pot Spray Aids Glaucoma Patients, Study Says
Sep 28	Baltimore, MD USA	Study Finds No Causal Link Between Marijuana Use And Depression
Sep 21	Toronto, Ontario	Experts Call For Legal Cannabis To Treat Hep C Virus
Sep 21	Irvine, CA USA	Deterrent Effect Of Workplace Drug Testing Overstated, Study Says
Sep 21	Eureka Springs, AR USA	Arkansas: Municipal Pot Initiative Certified For November Ballot
Sep 18	Washington, DC USA	Marijuana Arrests For Year 2005 -- 786,545 Tops Record High... Pot Smokers Arrested In America At A Rate Of One Every 40 Seconds
Sep 13	Jefferson City, MO USA	Missouri: Federal Judge Limits Random Drug Testing Of Public Employees
Sep 13	Boston, MA USA	Boston Freedom Rally Celebrates 17 Years This Weekend
Sep 13	Washington, DC USA	NEW NORML REPORT SUMMARIZES THE ROLE OF CANNABIS IN MODERATING DISEASE PROGRESSION - Review Of 120+ Recent Scientific Trials Reveals That In US, Politics Trumps Science
Sep 7	Salisbury, United Kingdom	British And European Drug Regulators To Decide Approval Of Prescription Pot Spray
Sep 7	Washington, DC USA	98 Percent Of All Domestically Eradicated Marijuana Is "Ditchweed," DEA Admits
Aug 31	Gainesville, FL USA	Cannabinoids May Offer Novel Therapy For Cancer Pain
Aug 31	Missoula, MT USA	Montana: Missoula Voters To Decide Pot "Deprioritization" Ordinance
Aug 31	Pierre, SD USA	South Dakota: AG's Ballot Summary Is Prejudicial, Judge Rules
Aug 31	Denver, CO USA	DEA Criticized For Financing Opposition To Colorado Marijuana Initiative
Aug 24	Los Angeles, CA USA	Renee Boje Legal Battle Finally Resolved
Aug 24	Mainz, Germany	Endocannabinoid System Protects Against Seizures, Study Says
Aug 24	Sacramento, CA USA	California: Legislature Approves Hemp Cultivation Bill
Aug 17	La Jolla, CA USA	Cannabinoid May Halt Alzheimer's Progression, Study Says
Aug 17	Denver, CO USA	Colorado Cannabis Legalization Initiative Certified For November Ballot
Aug 17	Washington, DC USA	DOE Cuts Funding For Random Student Drug Testing Programs
Aug 17	Seattle, WA USA	Seattle Hempfest Celebrates 15 Years This Weekend
Aug 10	San Francisco, CA USA	Heavy Cannabis Use Not Independently Associated With Cardiovascular Risks
Aug 10	Washington, DC USA	NORML's Daily "AudioStash" Approaches 100,000 Downloads
Aug 10	Denver, CO USA	Supporters Turn In 129,000 Signatures In Favor Of Colorado Pot Legalization Initiative
Aug 3	Nashville, TN USA	Endocannabinoid System Plays Significant Role In Embryonic Development, Study Says
Aug 3	Juneau, AK USA	Alaska: AG Requests Supreme Court To Rule On Pot Recriminalization Measure
Aug 3	Santa Barbara, CA USA	Santa Barbara Voters To Decide On Pot 'Deprioritization' Ordinance
Jul 27	Washington, DC USA	Ruling Expected Shortly In Legal Challenge To US Government's Pot Monopoly
Jul 27	Paris, France	Europe Approves Cannabinoid Blocking Agent For Prescription Use - 'Anti-Cannabis' Pill To Be Marketed As Anti-Obesity Drug
Jul 20	Washington, DC USA	NORML Announces 22nd Annual Key West Legal Seminar
Jul 20	Edmonds, WA USA	NORML Advisory Board Member, Travel Author Rick Steves Contacts Washington Policy-Makers With Message: Decriminalize Marijuana Possession For Adults
Jul 20	Wellington, New Zealand	New Zealand Relaxes Regulations for Industrial Hemp
Jul 13	Juneau, AK USA	Alaska: Judge Rejects Pot Recriminalization Measure
Jul 13	Madrid, Spain	Cannabinoids Curb Brain Tumor Growth, First-Ever Patient Trial Shows
Jul 6	New York, NY USA	NORML Remembers Lynn Zimmer: Noted Sociologist, Former NORML Board Member
Jul 6	Juneau, AK USA	Alaska: Judge To Rule Next Week On Pot Recrim Law
Jul 6	Madrid, Spain	Cannabinoids Halt Pancreatic Cancer, Breast Cancer Growth, Studies Say
Jun 29	Washington, DC USA	Congress Votes To Continue Prosecuting State-Authorized Medicinal Cannabis Patients
Jun 29	Washington, DC USA	Drug Czar's Office "Obsessed" With Marijuana, Fails To Address 'Hard Drug' Use, Study Says
Jun 22	Traverse City, MI USA	Michigan Supreme Court Upholds 'Zero Tolerance' Per Se DUID Law
Jun 22	Mannheim, Germany	Clinical Trial: THC Reduces Pain In Fibromyalgia Patients
Jun 22	New York, NY USA	National MS Society To Fund Clinical Cannabis Trial
Jun 15	San Diego, CA USA	Counties' Prop. 215 Challenge Can Go Forward
Jun 15	Washington, DC USA	NORML Launches Daily "AudioStash" New 30-Minute Podcast Available At 4:20
Jun 15	Mainz, Germany	Cannabinoids Offer Novel Therapy For GI Disorders
Jun 15	Wellington, New Zealand	New Zealand: Parliament To Debate Measure To Legalize Medical Cannabis
Jun 8	Pierre, SD USA	South Dakota Voters To Decide Medical Cannabis Issue This Fall
Jun 8	Juneau, AK USA	ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Alaska Recrim Law
Jun 8	Trenton, NJ USA	NORML New Jersey Files Suit Over State's Dormant Medical Pot Law
Jun 1	Malaga, Spain	Spain: Medicinal Cannabis Use Rising
Jun 1	Columbia, MO USA	Alcohol, Not Cannabis Use, Associated With Increased Injury Risk
Jun 1	Naples, Italy	Cannabidiol Dramatically Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Growth, Study Says
May 25	Santa Cruz, CA USA	Santa Cruz Voters To Decide Lowest Pot Priority Ordinance
May 25	Atlanta, GA USA	THC Analog Suppresses Pain, Bladder Over-Activity From Interstitial Cystitis, Study Says
May 24	San Diego, CA USA	Cannabis Smoking Not Linked To Lung Cancer, Case-Control Study Says
May 18	Rockville, MD USA	Second "Cannabis" Pill To Be Available In The US
May 18	Jerusalem, Israel	Non-Psychoactive Cannabinoid Reduces Incidence Of Diabetes, Study Says
May 18	Perth, Australia	Australian Government Urges States To Overturn Decrim Laws
May 11	Portland, OR USA	State-Authorized Medi-Pot Patient May Be Fired For Failing Workplace Drug Test, Oregon Supreme Court Rules
May 11	San Marcos, TX USA	Teens More Likely To Try Marijuana After Viewing Feds' Anti-Pot Ads, Study Says
May 11	Orangeburg, NY USA	Cannabis Exposure Not Toxic To The Developing Brain, Study Says
May 4	Washington, DC USA	NORML Podcasts Tops Apple's Most Listened To List
May 4	Mexico City, Mexico	Mexican President Rejects Congressional Measure Codifying "Personal Use" Limits For Cannabis, Other Controlled Substances
May 4	Oxford, United Kingdom	Cannabis May Pose A "Modest" Risk For Those Vulnerable To Schizophrenia, Report Says
Apr 27	Leiden, The Netherlands	Vaporization A "Safe And Effective" Cannabinoid Delivery System, Study Says
Apr 27	London, United Kingdom	The Economist Opines In Favor Of Legal Access To Medical Cannabis, Denounces FDA Statement As "Posturing"
Apr 27	San Francisco, CA USA	Ninth Circuit Overturns Rosenthal Conviction
Apr 18	New York, NY USA	Nearly 200 Cities, 40 Countries To Hold Marijuana Rallies On May 6
Apr 18	San Francisco, CA USA	Tickets Still Available For High Times Comedy Night A Benefit For NORML
Apr 18	Washington, DC USA	NORML Welcomes Newest Additions To Advisory Board
Apr 13	College Park, MD USA	University Of Maryland Approves "Marijuana Equalization" Initiative
Apr 13	Juneau, AK USA	Alaska: Recrim Measure On Its Way To Governor
Apr 6	Ottawa, ON Canada	No More Decrim Debate In Canada, New PM Says
Apr 6	Columbus, OH USA	Ohio Legislature Passes Per Se "Drugged Driving" Bill
Apr 6	Washington, DC USA	Only Two Weeks Left Until the 2006 NORML Conference and High Times Cannabis Comedy Night
Mar 30	Santa Barbara, CA USA	Fourth National Clinical Conference On Cannabis Therapeutics To Take Place Next Week
Mar 30	Cincinnati, OH USA	Cincinnati City Council Passes "Emergency" Recriminalization Ordinance
Mar 30	Plymouth, United Kingdom	Cannabis Relieves MS-Associated Incontinence
Mar 30	Berlin, Germany	Synthetic THC Reduces Nighttime Agitation In Dementia Patients
Mar 23	Washington, DC USA	Lawsuit Challenges Financial Aid Ban For Student Drug Offenders
Mar 23	Sacramento, CA USA	California: State Officials Ask Court To Reject Prop. 215 Challenge
Mar 23	London, UK	Cannabis Spray Reduces Spasticity In MS Patients Unresponsive To Other Treatments
Mar 16	Atlanta, DC USA	Student Surveys Under Report Substance Use, Study Says
Mar 16	Washington, DC USA	Congress Considers Legislation To Ban Drug Test Aids
Mar 16	Washington, DC USA	Zogby Poll: Nearly Half Of Americans Believe Pot Should Be Regulated Like Alcohol -- Majorities In The East And West Coasts Back Legalization
Mar 9	Washington, DC USA	Register For The 2006 National NORML Conference In San Francisco - Join NORML April 20-22 -- Sign Up Today For Discounted Pricing
Mar 9	Utrecht, Netherlands	Frequent Cannabis Use Not Associated With Cognitive Declines In Working Memory, Selective Attention
Mar 9	Washington, DC USA	Marijuana Production, Availability Rising, Federal Report Says
Mar 2	Augusta, GA USA	Non-Psychoactive Cannabinoid Staves Blindness Associated With Diabetes, Study Says
Mar 2	Washington, DC USA	Texas, Florida Pass Campus Wide "Marijuana Equalization" Initiatives
Mar 2	Los Angeles, CA USA	Cannabis Use Not Linked To So-Called "Amotivational Syndrome"
Feb 23	Columbia, MO USA	Marijuana Detection Time Shorter Than Previously Assumed
Feb 23	Chapel Hill, NC USA	Maternal Marijuana Use Not Associated With Childhood Leukemia, Study Says
Feb 16	Boston, MA USA	Massachusetts: Decrim Bill Advances
Feb 16	Ankara, Turkey	Cannabinoids Enhance Analgesic Effects Of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Study Says
Feb 16	Washington, DC USA	Marijuana Possession Arrests Fuel Drug War, Study Says
Feb 16	Ramat-Gan, Israel	Cannabinoid Offers Cardioprotection, Study Says
Feb 9	Washington, DC USA	Virginia: Raising Pot Penalties Will Disproportionately Impact Young Adults, Study Says
Feb 9	Washington, DC USA	Congress Scales Back Ban On Student Aid For Drug Offenders
Feb 9	Boston, MA USA	Physicians Ill Informed On Drug Testing, Study Says
Feb 2	Santa Fe, NM USA	New Mexico Senate Approves Medical Cannabis Measure
Feb 2	Juneau, AK USA	Alaska: Governor's Bid To Challenge State's Long-Standing Pot Policies Stalls
Feb 2	Washington, DC USA	Evidence Rebuts Supposed Cannabis And Aggression Link
Jan 26	San Diego, CA USA	California Counties Challenge Validity Of State's Medical Cannabis Law NORML Calls Supervisors' Action "Shameful And Wasteful"
Jan 26	Victoria, BC Canada	Cannabis Provides Subjective Relief For Morning Sickness, Study Says
Jan 26	Vancouver, BC Canada	Canadian-Authorized Medical Cannabis Patient To Be Extradited To United States
Jan 19	Albany, NY USA	Heavy Alcohol Use Associated With Greater Risk Of Cannabis Dependence, Study Says
Jan 19	London, UK	Britain: No Reversal On Cannabis Classification
Jan 19	Montreal, Canada	Endocannabinoid Production Elevates Mood, Study Says
Jan 12	Rockville, MD USA	FDA Okays Clinical Trial Of British Cannabis Spray
Jan 12	Jerusalem, Israel	Endocannabinoid System Prevents Osteoporosis
Jan 12	Washington, DC USA	NORML Launches First-Ever Viral Media Campaign
Jan 5	Providence, RI USA	Rhode Island Becomes the 11th State Legalize to Medical Marijuana
Jan 5	Washington, DC USA	Announcement of NORML's 2006 National Conference
Jan 5	Washington, DC USA	NORML Foundation Videoblog Contest Winners For 2005; New Contest Announced for 2006

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