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A Founder Looks at 50: Attorney Gerry Goldstein and the Early Years of NORML

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When Goldstein contacted Beto to indicate we had a couple of national journalists willing to come interview marijuana prisoners, the warden agreed to assemble a collection of a dozen or so non-violent marijuana offenders and to provide us the space to interview them within the prison.

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MAPS Is Pushing For FDA Approval Of MDMA-Assisted Therapy

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How MAPS Plans To Help MAPS has been at the forefront of psychedelic research for decades, funding studies, seminars, and conferences to promote proper education and harm reduction about a myriad of substances.

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2019: A High-storic Year for Nevada NORML Chapters

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To collect signatures for our trip to Washington DC for NORML’s national conference and lobby day, we hosted pop-up stops at the many dispensaries across Las Vegas and a few in Reno. For the 2nd year in a row, Las Vegas NORML hosted a seminar and panel discussion focused on diversity and equity within the cannabis space.

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Nevada NORML: A Year in Review

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We created a dope set of resources to give to people interested in sealing their record and held an educational seminar educating them on the steps. June 2018: Collected 79 Candidate Surveys from across Nevada. Finding lawyers like Garrett Ogata and Nick Wooldridge to refer prior marijuana conviction victims to, was invaluable!

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City Lights Bookshop & Synergetic Press Present Free 2 Day Event celebrating the pioneering legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin for the launch of the first Shulgin book since 2011, The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact. 

Cannabis Law Report

Earth and Fire Erowid – cofounders of the non-profit Erowid Center, largest and most visited collection of information about psychoactive substances on the web. Moderator: Mike Margolies – psychedelic community catalyst and conversation creator; Founder of Psychedelic Seminars (psychsems.com). Ann Shulgin, Honored Guest.

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California Regulated Cannabis: Reboot in 2020!!

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Local governmental agencies have the final say on land-use, health and safety issues, and the ability to collect tax revenues from the industry, but all local authority was subject to a framework of a comprehensive, burdensome and poorly reasoned state-wide regulation of this industry. Ding…Ding…Ding! Mr. Panzer just hit it on the head.

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Black Cannabis Week Supports and Elevates Black Entrepreneurs |

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The goal of the event is to provide a variety of educational seminars and services for people of color, and push for improved social equity in the industry. . “We Black Cannabis Week (BCW21) is a collective web of educational and informational experiences to empower Black communities to move toward social and political change.