Stories by Russ Belville
Russ Belville is the NORML Outreach Coordinator.
Posted on Dec 30, 2011, Source: NORML
From the pizza driver who snitched on a pot patient to cannabis 'deaths' and vodka tampons, 2011 was a year of great drug propaganda.
Posted on Nov 8, 2011, Source: NORML
Claiming states' rights, entrapment, and constitutional violations, NORML attorneys file suit in four CA districts to challenge the federal assault on legal weed.
Posted on Oct 31, 2011, Source: NORML
The response to the most popular petition on the 'We the People' website repeats tired lies and misdirections. Most of all, it fails to answer the petition's actual question.
Posted on Jun 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Market for these patients in sixteen states and D.C. estimated at between $2 to $6 billion annually.
Posted on Apr 4, 2011, Source: NORML
In Montana, passing someone a bowl of your medical marijuana could put you in prison for life.
Posted on Jan 21, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Pinning "pot smoker" on Loughner is a cheap, easy attempt to scapegoat the cause of his insane outburst.
Posted on Nov 18, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Four Loko, a 23.5 ounce can of booze with lots of calories and caffeine that’s popular with the young binge-drinking set, is being targeted by the prohibitionist crowd.
Posted on Oct 24, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Prop 19, the CA initiative legalizing marijuana, benefits not just those who enjoy the herb, but the entire state of California and ultimately, the nation and the world.
Posted on Aug 19, 2010, Source: AlterNet
I've collected the eight craziest claims about a post-legalization state of California predicted by opponents of Prop 19.
Posted on Jan 26, 2010, Source: NORML
Let's end the needless discrimination against desperately ill cannabis consumers.
Posted on Aug 4, 2009, Source: NORML
Everywhere you look, corporate media are covering pot stories, except for the issue of its illegality and the lives ruined by prohibition.
Posted on Jan 8, 2009, Source: NORML
The next surgeon general needs to stop putting politics before science. Gupta may not be ready for that.
