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Sunday, June 28, 2015

Pelicana Chicken @ E-Curve

Pelicana Chicken,
Premium Chicken from Korea
Since 1982...
Fresh and Delicious,
With over 2000 outlest in Korea and Worldwide...

To refresh your mind...
You probably seen this scene,
In the very famous Korean Drama...

Pelicana Chicken,
Is the featured fried chicken,
Which is Do Min-joon & Cheon Song-yi's favourite!~

And now...
It's also our family's favourite fried chicken now!~

Kind of fall in love with the yellow sauce...
I normally like to eat food without sauce,
To be able to taste the original taste of the food...
But this Pelicana Fried Chicken,
Is super duper tasty,
With our without the accompaniment of the sauce!~
Amazingly yummy!~

Chicken Peli Crunchy Chicken
(Original Crunchy)
12pcs RM56.50

If you love the oniony smell,
You'd probably love this one:
Spring onion Peli Yang Nyeon Chicken
14pcs RM32.90

With people whom can tolerate,
Mild spicy level...
Probably would like to ops for this one:
Original Peli Yang Nyeon Chicken
14 pcs RM32.90

I consider this as spicy already....
Chracoal BBQ Peli Yang Nyeon Chicken
14 pcs selling at RM32.90

Frankly speaking,
I think this is too spicy for my taste bud...
But bear in mind,
I'm not a very spicy-eater...
You probably might still want to try it!~
Hot Spice Peli Yang Nyeon Chicken
14pcs RM32.90

Immediately search for a cup of drink,
To cool down my tongue...

Mocktails series,
Maracuja Pineapple Passion Fruit Peach
Forest Maracuja Apple Maracuja Apple Rose..
All selling at RM8.50 each...

Smoothies series,
Forest Fruit Yogurt
Pineapple Maracuja Yogurt
Caramelised Apple Peach Yogurt
Pina Colada (Pineapple coconut)
Selling at RM10.90 each

Musaenghae (seasoned radish)
and Miyeok Muchim (Seaweed Salad)
Korean Fragrance Rice
With Black sesame & seaweed...
Selling at RM4.50 each..

Pelicana Chicken doesn't just sell chicken...
Yummy burgers are available, too!~

Peli Jumbo Fillet Burger RM15.50

Peli Spicy D' Fish Burger

Pelicana Ramadhan Platter..

Choices of Platter A & Platter B..
Depends of number of pax...
Save up to 33% for this special Ramadhan Platter!~

Yummy dessert...
Affogato solo,
Selling at RM7.90
The cold ice cream combine really well..
With the aroma of coffee!
Perfect dessert of the day!~

For more info:
Kindly hop over to
Pelicana Chicken Malaysia's facebook
E-Curve Mall
Level 1, Lot 1-43,
Mutiara Damansara,
Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03-7732 0087

Monday, June 22, 2015

Alessio Publika - 'Live Fire' Pizza and Stone Grill

Located in Publika Solaris Dutamas,
Serving the best Artisan Bread,
Wood fire pizza & Stone Grill..
An Asian Fusion & Italian Restaurant...

Let's start with Alessio's House Special Mocktail...
Marilyn Monroe (RM9.90),
Orange, mango, longan and fresh mint leaf..
I love the sweetness of mango...
Combining the sourness of oranges,
With the tips of fresh mint leaf..
Simply refreshing drink!~

Itallian Passion (RM11.90)
Passion fruit, lychee, jasmine T, fresh mint leaf...
Passion fruit tasted a bit sourly,
But it's perfect combination for the mocktail!~

Tropical Paradise (RM13.90)
Mango, Pineapple, orange, lychee, longan & Grenadine

"Paradiso" (RM19.00)
Our starter of the day!~
Fruit cocktail salad,
Served with fresh coconut water...
Really felt like in Paradise,
After taking a sip of the coconuty starter!~

A great starter -
Lava Grilled Black Pepper Lamb Kebabs (RM15.00)
Truly fall in love with the sauce...
So delicious!~

The main course:
Duo Salmon (RM29.00)
Charcoal grilled salmon done 2 ways,
In miso butter and teriyaki sauce,
Served with crispy golden enoki..
And customer choice of garlic egg fried rice,
Or Kampong Ikan Bilis Fried Rice...
Such a perfect combination!~

Live Fire Sourdough Crust Pizza:
Hand Toasted (9slices each, 18 inch)
The very special kind of pizza:
Spicy Chicken Pizza (RM25.00)
With the added spicy,
It still taste like a pizza..
What am I talking about?

Coconut Island King (RM28.00)
XL King Prawn Sauce in curry leaves,
And salted egg surrounded in dreamy coconut sauce,
Infused with birds eye chillis,
Served with crispy Vienna milk bun...
The sauce is terrific!~
Taste like it's really made in heaven!~
So yummilicious!~
Truly honoring my taste bud,
For eating such yummy food!~

Another specialty pizza:
Pizza Trio:
Best of 3 worlds:
Pepperoni pizza, Hawaiian Pizza & Wild Mushroom (RM33.00)
If you ask my personal opinion,
Wild mushroom tastes the best!~
The aroma of the wild mushroom,
Fitted perfectly in the pizza!~

Twin Duck Spaghetti (RM27.00)
I'll put this dish as MUST-TRY!~
With crispy bacon, duck confit,
Sundried tomato,
Olive and fresh orange!~
The best spaghetti I'd ever ate!~

Tuscan Lamb Shank (RM49.00)
Tender slow roasted lamb shank in Tuscan ratatuille,
Served with creamy mashed potatoes!
I'm really amazed by.....
How soft the lamb is!~
So soft and tender!~
Basmati Nasi Lemak Muhibbah (RM28.00)
House special Nasi Lemak Muhibbah!~
Served with ayam goreng berempah,
Butter tiger prawn and kari ikan tenggiri...
Nasi not so lemak, but it perfectly fit my tastebud!
I love the way they cooking it!~

Twin Naked Lobster Thermidor (RM168.00)
Truly delectable house fresh lobster,
Made 2 ways in cheesy termidor sauce,
Encrusted in molten 3 cheese,
& Naked at its best grilled with fresh butter...
No words can describe the yumminess in the naked lobster!
Amazingly grilled!~

A perfect meal,
Ended with perfect dessert!~
Simply refreshingly nice!~

For more information and RSVP:
Alessio Publika
A2-G2-09, Publika Mall,
Jalan Dutamas 1.


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Friday, August 7, 2009

Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge #20 is that time again for the Artful Sentiments Copic Challenge. Did you know that you can play along too? Click on the link (to the right) to go to Artful Sentiments blog and you can post a link to your creation and play along. Show us what you can do!!
This week the colors are BV04, YR65 and B29. I happened to have all of them this week! Yeah!! Earlier this summer I ordered some sheets of rubber from Artistic Outpost and this week was the first that I used some of it. I loved most of the creations that Lisa Sommerville did with the clown and just had to have him. I also used one of the new Technique Junkie techniques called Brushed was a technique that I submitted to Pat for the newsletter and she accepted. It is so quick and easy. I saw a card made by a fellow Junkie with the corner punch I used for this card. I asked her who the manufacturer was.......2 Grrlls. Her statement was "You'll probably have a hard time finding it". Well, it was a little hard but I happened on someone selling it on ebay and including shipping got it for less than $5. Cool, huh?
Hope you like the card! along with us!!

Sue from Oregon said...

How fun! And that corner punch is just perfect for this clown card!

Robyn said...

That is super fun and gorgeous!!!

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February 3, 2017
Martha's Message

Dear Parents,

Today, I am happy to announce the launch of our new website, www.beachesepiscopalschool.org!

The school partnered with C7 Creative, an outstanding web design company in Jacksonville Beach, to design a new look and improve navigation and functionality. A new BES Blog gives you the opportunity to read informative articles written by our faculty and staff about various educational subjects and trends. Ms. Melody Harding, PreK4 teacher, has written a wonderful article about "Giftedness; Finding the Joy and Uniqueness in Every Child."

The new site also contains the "Portrait of a BES Graduate," which is a list of characteristics we hope is embodied in every student who graduates from BES.

The site also boasts:
• An improved calendar of events
• Easier to read interface for mobile devices and tablets
• Intuitive forms for requesting information and making pledges to the school's annual giving campaign
• Easy to navigate buttons for topics of frequent use

As with any website project, we will continue to monitor the site for necessary improvements, but we hope these enhancements will make information more accessible and help you stay connected with your child's educational experience at Beaches Episcopal School!

Martha Milton
Head of School

Re-enroll Your BES Students by Monday, February 6th

Beaches Episcopal School is currently re-enrolling students for the 2017-2018 school year. You should have received an email on January 5th with instructions to begin the online re-enrollment process. Please take the time to secure a place for your student(s) by Monday, February 6th. After February 6th, we will be accepting new students for 2017-2018. A late registration fee will be assessed after February 6th.

To access your child's re-enrollment packet, please login to your ParentsWeb account, and use District Code: BE-FL.

Once logged in, click the Family tab, then Enrollment/Reenrollment. Click Begin to start the re-enrollment packet. The entire process should take approximately 15 minutes, and you will be prompted to pay your child's Registration Deposit when you submit the packet.

Please contact Peggy Davis, Business Manager, by email or at (904) 246-2466, with any questions or concerns. We look forward to your return to Beaches Episcopal School and involvement in the school next year!

Hot Lunch Ordering for March Continues Through Wednesday, February 15th

Parents, please order your students' hot lunches for the month of March by Wednesday, February 15th at 11:59 p.m.

Order Hot Lunches Now

If you have any questions about the system or cutoff dates, please contact Peggy Davis at 246-2466 or by email.

Athletics Update

The Rays flag football team had an exciting game this week! We played San Jose Episcopal Day School on the main field at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville! The game was a tremendous experience that our students will never forget!

Our volleyball team will scrimmage San Jose Episcopal next Tuesday at 5:00 p.m., so come cheer on your Rays!

In Physical Education (3rd to 6th grade), we have begun our February Fitness Challenge! Your child has received a February calendar with a set of exercises for each day to challenge the students and teachers. I look forward to having plenty of names in the box to draw a winner from on Monday morning.

Stay Active! Go Rays!

Tricia Novak
Athletics Director

Support the Sponsors of our 2017 Parent Social and Auction!

We would like to recognize the companies who are sponsoring this year's Parent Social. Below is a list of our sponsors to date. We hope you will visit their websites and support these businesses in the near future!

Diamond Sponsor:
Coastal Spine and Pain Center

Platinum Sponsor:
Fishman Pediatric Denistry

Gold Sponsors:
Lazzara Orthodontics
Lewis Diving and Salvage, Inc.

Silver Sponsors:
Fig and Willow
MASH Realty Services
Archipelago, LLC
The Law Offices of Lori A. Gaglione (specializing in Social Security and VA disability claims)
Beach Life Mosaics
BBVA Compass

Mark Your Calendars: Important Dates to Remember

Early Dismissal (11:30 a.m.) - Planning Day/Extended Day Available
Friday, Feb. 17th

Presidents' Day (School Closed) - No Extended Day
Monday, Feb. 20th

Class Pictures/Birthday Book Chapel
Wednesday, Feb. 22nd

School Store
Thursday, Feb. 23rd from 7:45 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. in Stormes Hall and McCormick Hall

Denim Day
Friday, Feb. 24th

BES Parent Social at the Atlantic Beach Country Club
Friday, Feb. 24th from 6:30-10:00 p.m.

ChurchChat: News from St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

The SPBTS weekly Chair Yoga class meets on Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. in the nursery over at the church. This class is open to everyone, and all skill levels are encouraged to attend!


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Professor Belkin: No Rationale to Bar Transgender Americans from Serving in Military

Monday, June 12, 2017
Photo of Aaron Belkin standing outdoors

SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE -- “I think there’s concern in the community,” said Aaron Belkin, a San Francisco State Political Science professor who is director of the Palm Center, a public policy think tank that studies lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.

“But I also think it’s pretty clear that social conservatives are trying to game the media with a sense that there’s a decision that needs to be made, and that policy hasn’t been established. And that there’s a problem, where there actually is no problem. Transgender troops have been serving loyally for a year,” he added, after the news that the Army and Marine Corps might seek delays. “If the Pentagon requires transgender applicants to lie to get into the military, this will be ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ 2.0.”

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Woman Shares Photo Of Her 2 Kids, Dead Husband To Show Dangers Of Drug Addiction

When 26-year-old father Mike Settles died from an apparent heroin overdose, the devastated mother of his two children felt driven to reveal the “reality of addiction.”

Eva Holland 2Following his funeral, Eva Holland posted a Facebook picture of her, her two children, and a lifeless Settles in his casket with a warning to others who may be battling a heroin addiction (deaths increased fivefold from 2001 to 2013, according to CBS News).

“If you don’t choose recovery every single day this will be your only way out. No parent should have to bury their child and no child as young as ours should have to bury their parent. This was preventable it didn’t have to happen but one wrong choice destroyed his family,” she wrote in the post that has been shared more than 200,000 times.

In the now viral post, Holland explains how Settles first was addicted to pain medication, which escalated into heroin use. Addicted to heroin, the mother of two claimed he went to rehab and came out with a new outlook on life. According to the NY Daily News, in May, Settles posted two side-by-side selfies with the optimistic hashtags “transformation” and “healthy.”

“He got out right before Christmas as a brand new man. He had found His purpose for living again, he found his gorgeous smile again, he became the man, the son, the brother, the dad that we all needed him to be again,” she wrote.

Unfortunately, something as small as a toothache caused the 26-year-old to relapse — leading him to painkillers then going back to heroin.

Holland penned, “He said he could handle it, that he could stop on his own and didn’t need to get help again. Well he was wrong, last Wednesday he took his last breath. My kids father, the man I loved since I was a kid, a great son and a great person lost his battle.”

Following an outpouring of condolences and conversation, Holland posted a story of someone else whose life was apparently changed by her heartbreaking Facebook post.

She wrote, “I was walking downtown this morning. This lady ran up to me crying and asked if she could hug me. I thought she was just having a bad day so I hugged her. She said “I am a heroin addicted and was going to try and overdose last night but then I seen your post and you saved my life. I can never thank you enough!” So we stood there hugging each other crying. This right here is what it’s all about.”

Read more:

NY Daily News

CBS News

  • Rosetta Randall

    So heartrending! May his soul rest in peace…and may God give Eva d strength n courage she needs to raise those kids.

  • Mike Mickey Perretta

    I think it’s a good thing that Eve Holland did by posting this for everyone to see. Those who use drugs may not agree,but when there is a casket it will be to late . My family suffers from one of our children ( age 27) using heroin today ,missing out on his daughter and life .we as parents did everything we could. Drug rehab ( 2 times) paid his fines to keep him out of jail and paid his child support as well. We spent $1,000 of dollars in airline tickets to fly him home to be with us for holidays and his child. All we did was feed th fire. Everything was on our shoulders as parents while he reaped the rewards and used us .he continued to hang out with the wrong people and continued his drug use.first it was pot,then meth,then pills and now heroin. He covers his marks with tattoos. He says he’s a GROWN ASS MAN .hes not even close. I saw my step son a few days ago on th streets of Vegas with him new loser friends.i just drove off with out saying nothing .one day we will get a call to identify his body at the morg. Maybe after he’s gone that will be the only way to support his child .at least his child will receive death benefits from social security .this is not our only child.my other son ( age 32 ) is an alcoholic and he gave up on his child as well . At least my two girls at doing well .they both don’t want to be like there brothers.

    • Holly Baby Catkiss

      Marijuana isn’t a gateway drug. Isn’t marijuana a gateway drug?… Doesn’t it lead to use of harder drugs?
      This is totally untrue. In fact, researchers are looking into using marijuana to help crack addicts to quit. There are 40 million people in this country (U.S.) who have smoked marijuana for a period of their lives — why aren’t there tens of millions of heroin users, then? In Amsterdam, both marijuana use and heroin use went *down* after marijuana was decriminalized — even though there was a short rise in cannabis use right after decriminalization. Unlike addictive drugs, marijuana causes almost no tolerance. Some people even report a reverse tolerance. That is, the longer they have used the less marijuana they need to get `high.’ So users of marijuana do not usually get bored and `look for something more powerful’. If anything, marijuana keeps people from doing harder drugs.
      The idea that using marijuana will lead you to use heroin or speed is called the `gateway theory’ or the `stepping stone hypothesis.’ It has been a favorite trick of the anti-drug propaganda artists, because it casts marijuana as something insidious with hidden dangers and pitfalls. There have never been any real statistics to back this idea up, but somehow it was the single biggest thing which the newspapers yelled about during Reefer Madness II. (Perhaps this was because the CIA was looking for someone to blame for the increase in heroin use after Viet Nam.)
      The gateway theory of drug use is no longer generally accepted by the medical community. Prohibitionists used to point at numbers which showed that a large percentage of the hard drug users `started with marijuana.’ They had it backwards — many hard drug users also use marijuana. There are two reasons for this. One is that marijuana can be used to `take the edge off’ the effects of some hard drugs. The other is a recently discovered fact of adolescent psychology — there is a personality type which uses drugs, basically because drugs are exciting and dangerous, a thrill.
      On sociological grounds, another sort of gateway theory has been argued which claims that marijuana is the source of the drug subculture and leads to other drugs through that culture. By the same token this is untrue — marijuana does not create the drug subculture, the drug subculture uses marijuana. There are many marijuana users who are not a part of the subculture. http://www.auburn.edu/~schmigr/hemp.html http://cannabisdestiny.com/10-myths-about-marijuana-why-theyre-absurd/ http://forum.grasscity.com/tokers-qa/1233157-fact-marijuana-makes-you-lazy-unmotivated-anti-social-stupid.html http://www.perkel.com/politics/issues/pot.htm http://thoughtcatalog.com/charlie-shaw/2014/01/the-8-biggest-misconceptions-about-weed/

  • Jara Matthews

    What was he mixing with? People always call it a heroin overdose but its mixing that causes the problems. Benzos and opiates are usually the combo.

    • Amber Maigon Miller

      You think heroin alone can’t be fatal? You’re wrong, bud.

  • Kathryn Sliwinski Brandys

    I’m sorry but I think this is tacky and disrespectful to those children. They were supposed to be mourning the loss of their father not having a phot shot so mommy can have her 15 mins of fame. If she wanted to make her own PSA about her husband she could’ve taken just a photo of him and made a post. There has been a drastic increase in heroin related deaths in my area. But there is under no circumstances in which I would exploit my children in the saddest moment of their lives.

    • Monica Kraus

      Thats not exploiting them! We’ve all seen the pic of the frienx in a casket. Its the kids who REALLY lose! This is THEIR story.

    • Alek Carpenter

      Um? I’m pretty sure it’s a million time more effective to show your children in the picture. It really make you see the reality. Maybe there’s so many heroin deaths in your area because things like this don’t come to mind. 15 minutes of fame? You know Ms. pessimist, not everyone are fame mongers. Exploiting your kids? Your a classic case of a person who think problems can be fixed by acting like they don’t exist. If I where one of these kids, I’d want everyone to know, to understand, so this happens less to others. You can shrivel up and cry about it, or you can take action and help the world understand this issue, use your misfortunes to help others. Things like this can only improve through informing others. It’s nice to know that you’ll never make a difference in the world.

      • Kathryn Sliwinski Brandys

        First of all you know nothing about me so to say I think that I think problems can be fixed by ignoring them is the most ignorant thing you can say. I know more about how drugs effect a family than I EVER care to know. I’ve seen that shit first hAnd. Yes these kids should know what happened to their father. But what about the kids they go to school with? Do they need to know that these kids father was a struggling drug addict that decided he loved drugs more than them? They should be allowed to mourn…..without the entire town and now country knowing their business. You say it’s a million times more effective to have the kids in the picture. Cut the dead dad out and you would have no idea where they were. It’s just a family of 3 standing there smiling. Mom wants to make a difference in the war against drugs. That’s great. But haven’t these kids been through enough?? I do anything I could to protect my kids from any more emotional trauma and you don’t know how this picture will effect them. Yes it MIGHT stop one person from getting high. Or it might have strangers come up to your kids and start talking about their dad the drug addict. Oh wait…..they already do.

  • Sherri Johnson

    I don’t get why people are upset about this post. This women in here grief wants the world to know using drugs isn’t cool. In fact it kills I commend her .


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Appropriate Adult — KIller TV No.43

DC Savage (Sylvestra La Touzel) with Leach (Emily Watson) and West (Dominic West). Pics: ITV

2011, ITV1

‘You’re helping me through the most terrible time. You’re my only friend.’ – Fred West
‘I’m not your friend, Fred.’ – Janet Leach
‘You are. We’re going on journey together, Janet.’ – Fred West
Dominic West, Emily Watson, Monica Dolan, Robert Glensiter
Identikit: The true story of how ordinary housewife and mother Janet Leach became the Appropriate Adult, or civilian counsellor, for one of Britain’s most notorious mass killers, Fred West, during his questioning by police.

The crime genre – books and films – frequently and luridly dabbles in depictions of serial killers, but few if any capture some of the mundane and evil truth of such criminals as powerfully as this two-part ITV drama. Extraordinary, sensitive and chilling, it offers a glimpse into the depraved world of Gloucestershire murderer Fred West and his wife Rosemary. It was criticised as insensitive in some quarters, but it is nevertheless a serious and carefully produced mini-series revealing some of the reality behind a crime few people could comprehend. It is based on the true story of Janet Leach, a social worker who volunteered to act as an Appropriate Adult, a liaison to help and support juveniles or vulnerable adults in police custody. Her very first appointment is to assist a 52-year-old man. No sooner has she entered the police interview to sit alongside him than the man is describing how he strangled his own daughter, Heather. ‘Hadn’t wanted to hurt her,’ he explains. ’I was scared, so I was gonna put her in the Wendy house, but then I thought I’d put her in the dustbin…’ He matter-of-factly describes using an ice saw to cut off her legs and head. He is, of course, Fred West, and Janet Leach finds herself acting as a supporting shoulder for one of the most disgusting mass killers in British history. Emily Watson plays Janet with wide-eyed dismay, and watching her the audience cannot help wondering what a trauma she went through. Dominic West, a long way from The Wire here, is extraordinary as the West Country bumpkin who lies, wheedles and charms as easily as he breathes, and who is by turns maudlin and monstrous. ‘Time for a cuppa, I’d say, Hazel,’ he chirps to the detective questioning him. When a third thigh bone turns up in his garden, Fred says innocently to the same detective, DC Hazel Savage, ‘Don’t know where that came from.’ Janet is a woman who must go home to a partner and her children at night and somehow keep a lid on the nightmare she is exposed to at the police station, while also finding it difficult to stop listening to the unfolding horror story she hears as Fred’s confidante. This is an appalling burden for her, but at one point she talks him into telling the whole truth and he admits to a further eight, ‘all right, nine, killings’. It was a controversial production, as any dramatisation touching on victims of recent crimes will be (some police officers were particularly critical), but the portrayal was not sensational or leering at the Wests’ crimes. No horror or crimes were depicted, just a disturbing portrayal of horrendously dysfunctional people. Dominic West, Emily Watson and Monica Dolan, who played Rose West, all won Baftas for their performances.
Watercooler fact: This was the third of ITV’s major dramas exploring real crimes, following This Is Personal (2000, about the Yorkshire Ripper) and See No Evil (2006, the Moors Murders).

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Best Crime Dramas on British TV 2011

2011’s TV crimespree blew away the previous year’s good, but not overwhelming, caseload of crime dramas and thrillers. This selection is based on shows that had some heart and emotional depth, rather than the mainstream of whodunits and procedurals. But by all means, fire off your disagreements and preferences in the comments section at the end…
(Pics: BBC, ITV, C4, BSkyB, FX, 5USA)

Michael C Hall as Dexter

10 Dexter series 5 FX (UK)
This was probably Dexter’s best outing since series one. It began with our serial killer protagonist in crisis, with his wife, Rita, murdered and his baby son discovered in a pool of her blood, which eerily echoed Dexter’s own childhood trauma. The emotion-less Dexter is disconcerted, perhaps even moved a little, because by being with him, Rita – who thought she was ‘getting a real human being’ – has ended up butchered. The complications mounted for Dex, with his step-sister perplexed by his behaviour and his trying to deflect Lumen Pierce, whom he rescued from another serial killer, from seeking revenge. The conceit of novelist Jeff Lindsay’s creation – serial killer as hero – should not work, but the black humour, the pathos, the character’s deadpan voiceovers and Michael C Hall’s performance makes this an unmissable and original series.
Highlight: Dexter giving Rita’s family and kids the dreadful news that she’s been murdered – but being so disengaged that he forgets to take off his Mickey Mouse ears while doing so.

Jamie Bamber as DS Devlin

9 Law & Order: UK series 4 and 5 ITV1
L&O: UK is now such a staple for ITV1 that we’ve had two series of it this year. The spin-off from the original US series earns its place here for its consistently good and tightly packed one-hour dramas, which frequently end on an ambivalent note. The stories also cover tough subjects, crimes by children, a gun rampage or killings by negligent doctors, for instance. The fifth season saw Dominic Rowan and Peter Davison joined the legal side of the cast, while the compelling tales continued without let-up. Bradley Walsh and Jamie Bamber have been excellent as the chalk-and-cheese detective sergeants, though sadly it looks as though that partnership has come to an end. Lead writer Emilia di Girolamo injected plenty of emotional impact into the last series, and finished it with a stunning cliffhanger…
Highlight: has to be the finale of series five, when DS Matt Devlin was shot outside court.

Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie

8 Case Histories BBC1
Novelist Kate Atkinson is not solidly in the crime genre camp, and this hugely enjoyable series caught the narrative quirks, mystery and humour of her writing brilliantly. Jason Isaacs, in a sharp contrast to his American persona in the gangster series Brotherhood, was the engaging and vulnerable tough guy Jackson Brodie, who gets dragged into the world of the Land sisters by Sylvia Syms’s missing moggy. The sisters want Jackson to look into the fate of their missing sister, who vanished 30 years before. Edinburgh is the beautifully shot backdrop, and the cast, including Amanda Abbington as the tough cop with a soft spot for the wayward Jackson, was wonderful.
Highlight: any of Jackson’s scenes with his young daughter, Marlee (Millie Innes).

Janet Leach (Emily Watson) accompanies Fred West (Dominic West) to a murder site

7 Appropriate Adult ITV1
Dominic West showed what an accomplished star he is with this unexpected performance as the one-man horrorshow that was real-life serial killer Fred West. It was controversial, but still a haunting and unforgettable dramatisation from the award-winning team that revisited the Yorkshire Ripper and the Moors murders on the small screen. Confronting such revolting crimes in a drama is a way of attempting to gain modest perspective on them, but Appropriate Adult ultimately reinforced the feeling that such killers are beyond our understanding. Written by Neil McKay, the drama cleverly approached the horrendous story from an oblique angle, that of housewife Janet Leach, who was the required Appropriate Adult brought in to chaperone the apparently below-averagely intelligent West – a powerful performance by Emily Watson.
Unforgettable moment: Janet Leach’s uncomprehending expression as West tells detectives about his crimes.

Will Sully be a Top Boy?

6 Top Boy Channel 4
Channel 4 is not a top producer of crime dramas, but if it only makes one a year that is as potent as Top Boy then it will be worth waiting for. A four-parter that took a hard look at inner-city drug and gang culture, our escort into this world was 13-year-old Ra’Nell (Malcolm Kamulete), whose mother is hospitalised after a breakdown. The programme caught the pressure on young men such as Ra’Nell to ally themselves with gangs for status, but the price exacted by the likes of Dushane (Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kano) – both also desperate to be top boys, despite the huge risks – was unflinchingly shown.
Highlight: Raikes telling Dushane he has to give up Sully to the Feds. Reality bites…

5 The Field of Blood BBC1
Based on a Denise Mina novel, this was a gem of a drama that the Beeb seemed almost embarrassed to put out for some reason (10.15pm, Monday night?). But it got a lot of things right. The characters, particularly young Jayd Johnson as Glasgow newspaper ‘copyboy’ Paddy Meehan, were believable and sympathetic, and the 1980s were as sexist and rocking musically as many would have remembered them. David Morrissey played the bullying editor with a heart, and Peter Capaldi was excellent as the old hack. And the story of a young woman with ambitions beyond marriage and a crap job who sets out to discover the truth behind a child murder that has implicated her 10-year-old cousin was captivating. Someone should commission more dramas based on Mina’s novels.
Highlight: Paddy’s character-defining punch-up in the ladies with glamour-puss reporter Heather.

Steve Buscemi as Nucky

4 Boardwalk Empire series 1 & 2 Sky Atlantic
Few dramas have the scope and ambition of this HBO epic. From the mega-budget opening episode, it’s been an engrossing attempt to revisit an extraordinary period in American history. Steve Buscemi has been mesmerising as Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson, the brazenly corrupt treasurer of Atlantic City, whose policy is less Prohibition than anything goes. Melding real historical figures – politicians, government agents and gangsters such as Al Capone and Lucky Luciano – with the sweep of the jazz age backdrop has brought this age of political madness vividly to life. And it’s been extraordinary watching the performances of two Brits in the cast – Kelly Macdonald as Margaret, Nucky’s mistress, and Stephen Graham as Capone, who doesn’t look remotely Neapolitan but in every episode appears about to erupt like Vesuvius. It’s won a glut of awards, including eight Emmys, and will return for a third series.
Highlight: the whole of the opener directed by Martin Scorsese – a kaleidoscope of music, partying and corruption.

Timothy Olyphant as Raylan

3 Justified series 2 5USA
The second series may have had the edge over the terrific first series, with a strong story arc that saw gun-happy deputy US marshal Raylan Givens facing off with Dixie mafia boss Mags Bennett and her vile sons. The magic of the series, drawn from a character created by the crime writers’ crime writer, Elmore Leonard, is that the setting – a rural Kentucky mining town – is fresh and well depicted, with its clans and bonehead villains and good ol’ boys. However, while Mags (an Emmy-winning performance from Margo Martindale) may have been surrounded by boneheads in her clan, she was sadistic, menacing and well-mannered all at the same time. Timothy Olyphant was again laid-back and almost as cool as Paul Newman in the title role, while Natalie Zea as his on-off-on other half added glamour and attitude. Nick Searcy as Raylan’s put-upon boss, Art Mullen, gave the show heart and a lot of laughs. Series three will be racked and ready in 2012…
Highlight: the deadly confrontation between Raylan and Mags’s son, Coover.

Watch your back – The Shadow Line

2 The Shadow Line BBC1
In a strong year for conspiracy thrillers – Hidden, Exile, Page Eight – Hugo Blick’s The Shadow Line stands out. Great cast – Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Stephen Rea, Rafe Spall, Kierston Wareing, Antony Sher – in a creepy and dark story featuring a trio of psychos to give you nightmares. Stephen Rea was unforgettable as the puppetmaster Gatehouse, Rafe Spall pulled off the best nut job since Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast, and Freddie Fox simpered as the morally blank Ratallack. Kierston Wareing, who seemed to appear in just about every good crime show this year from The Runaway to Top Boy, was terrific as the sexy, acid-tongued detective sergeant Honey. Blick’s wordy scenes and extraordinary characters created a drama that was not realistic, but felt like a nightmare of foreboding. Midsomer Murders this was not.
Highlight: the moment when Gatehouse finally catches up with the mysterious Glickman, played by Antony Sher. What an amazing showdown.

Bloody business for Sarah Lund (Sofie Gråbøl)

1 The Killing series 1 BBC4

It has to be. There had been subtitled crime series around – the Swedish Wallander, for instance – but The Killing, tucked away on BBC4, took everyone by surprise, including the Beeb. It notched up more viewers than Mad Men, set blog comment boxes buzzing (CrimeTimePreview was inundated with feedback from adoring viewers), and showed that mainstream US and UK formats – murder, neat resolution by detective – often lacked any emotional impact at all. This 20-parter did not use the disappearance and murder of teenager Nanna Birk Larsen as a plot device to kick off a voyeuristic mystery, but explored the horrendous emotional shock of the crime on her family and on detective Sarah Lund. The show wasn’t perfect, being over-stretched with red-herrings, but its dark intrigue and whole-hearted performances from the unknown cast (in Britain, at least) – Sofie Gråbøl, Søren Malling, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen – made viewers fascinated with all things Danish and guaranteed a bunch of awards, including a Bafta and several CWA Crime Thiller Daggers.
Highlight: the way Sarah Lund’s initially frosty relationship with her blunt instrument of a colleague, Jan Meyer, evolves silently and without histrionics, so that when Meyer is murdered the moment is  shocking and sad.

Near misses
Single-Handed, Braquo, Spiral, Romanzo Criminale, Garrow’s Law, Exile, Mad Dogs, Martina Cole’s The Runaway, Sons of Anarchy
Way off-target
Ringers – dafter than a very daft thing. Silent Witness – gratuitous and voyeuristic.
Damp-squib send-off
Spooks – wiped out by ill-judged decision to schedule it against Downton Abbey. Deserved better.
Letdown of the year
Hidden – started really well, but final episode was such a disappointment.

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Dominic West as Fred West. Pics: ITV

Rating ★★★★

ITV1 Sunday, 4 September, 9pm

Story: In 1994 Janet Leach, a mother of five from Gloucestershire, is at home making her children’s tea when the phone rings. Janet is on a course that, when completed, will enable her to train as a social worker. She is also on the list of ‘appropriate adults’, volunteers whom the police ask to sit in on interviews with vulnerable people to assist and safeguard their rights. The phone call is request to assist on her first case, that of 52-year-old Frederick Walter Stephen West…

Controversy has preceded this two-part dramatisation about Fred West, the depraved serial killer who is still vivid in memory, his arrest having occurred less than 20 years ago. His surviving daughter, Anne Marie Davis, in particular has condemned ITV1’s production.

Fred West hanged himself while on remand after being charged with 12 murders, his catalogue of crimes also including rape, abduction and child cruelty. Revisiting such events clearly reopens painful memories for all involved.

Executive producer Jeff Pope justifies making the two-part drama by asking, ‘Are there subjects that should never be tackled? My argument is that there have been many documentaries, newspaper articles and books that discuss what happened at Cromwell Street, and this is just as valid. Of course drama – to see something as if you are actually watching it happen – is far more powerful, so, rightly, there is a spotlight on what we are doing. But we do not glorify Fred or Rosemary West. There is no depiction of any violence.’

Emily Watson as Janet Leach
Pope is part of the award-winning team that has previously dramatised stories about the Yorkshire Ripper and Moors murders. Like those productions, Appropriate Adult does not depict the violence and horror of the crimes, but focuses on their repercussions.

Written by Neil McKay, it cleverly zooms in on the story of housewife Janet Leach, who was in line to train as a social worker and on the list of ‘appropriate adults’ to assist vulnerable adults and children in police custody.

Emily Watson as Janet Leach
This is a brilliant way into the dauntingly awful events because Janet Leach is the viewers’ representative on screen. Excellently portrayed by double-Oscar nominee Emily Watson, the camera often focuses on her uncomprehending expression as Fred West denies or reveals his crimes to police.

One minute she is peeling potatoes at home, the next she is sitting next to a man she has never heard of as he describes strangling and dismembering his daughter, and wondering whether he should put her in the Wendy House or the bin.

Fred West’s disturbing manipulation
Dominic West is chilling as the affable monster Fred, a jovial bumpkin who says on being told police have found a thigh bone in his garden, ‘Can’t think how that got there.’

His self-serving manipulation knows no limits, as he appeals for sympathy as a loving patriarch, portrays himself as trying to help police and clear things up, and then to creepily try to manipulate the shocked Janet Leach.

As the appropriate adult, she has a bond of confidentiality with West, so while he hides some of his crimes from the police, he reveals them to Janet, unsettling her badly.

‘Do I know you from somewhere?’ he says to her at first, and a wave of dismay flashes across her face. Then later, ‘I know you’ve not always been loved and respected,’ and we get a flavour of the way he would worm his way into the confidence of his victims.

DC Hazel Savage (Sylvestra Le Touzel) with Leach and West

‘I don’t think I would like to play someone like West again’
It’s a stunning performance from Dominic West, here in a portrayal that could finally overwrite his reputation as McNulty in The Wire.

Filming it was difficult for the actor, who was thankful to be away from his wife and children during the shoot. He says, ‘Had they been around when I was filming, I don’t think I would have been so easily been able to act him. It was only possible in a finite, brief period away from home.

It was extraordinarily different to anything I have done before and I don’t think I would like to play someone like him again.’

Monica Dolan as Rosemary
Equally disturbing is Rosemary West, the morally blank, foul-mouthed accomplice of her husband. Actress Monica Dolan dreaded researching her role when she was offered it. When her character sounds off about the inconvenience of the police searching her home or Janet Leach touching her belongings, once again incomprehension is the natural reaction.

This is a sobering film, but sensitively done. It has been painstakingly produced, based on detailed research and producer interviews with Janet Leach (Emily Watson also met her). It aims to tell something of the truth of a place no one wants to dwell.

Cast: Emily Watson Janet Leach, Dominic West Fred West, Robert Glenister Detective Superintendent John Bennett, Sylvestra Le Touzel Detective Constable Hazel Savage, Monica Dolan Rosemary West, Anthony Flanagan Mike, Sam Roukin Detective Constable Darren Law, Gerard Horan Howard Ogden, Seline Hizli Mae West, James McArdle Stephen West
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Bangalore: Uma Rao (name changed) has been waiting for custody of her daughter for the past two months. But every time she visits the III Additional Family Court for the hearing, her case is adjourned.

Like Uma, thousands of plaintiffs — battling matrimonial issues and domestic violence or seeking custody, adoption and maintenance — have been turning up at this court regularly, only to hear that the case has been adjourned.

The III Additional Court has not had a judge for nearly two months, and pending cases are piling up. The post has been vacant since June 20, after the previous judge, Radhakrishna Holla, was transferred to the principal chair.

The family court at the complex on Siddaiah Road has three additional courts, apart from the principal chair. Despite this, the pile of pending cases is growing, thanks to staff crunch. Officials say over 3,000 cases are pending at the III Additional Court.

Though the high court has issued a notification, appointing a judge is difficult. “The staff crunch has hampered court office administration. Long absence of judges means we can’t dispose of cases quickly,’’ officials say.

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Honey & Spice Winter Roasted Veggies (By. TayTay)

Serves 4

1 large red beet (about 1 1/2 cups worth- diced)

1 small butternut squash (about 2 cups worth- diced)

1 medium yellow onion thinly sliced

For Glaze:

1/4 cup honey

1/4 cup rice wine vinegar

1/4 cup lemon juice

1/3 cup olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons pepper

1.5 tablespoons herbs de provence

1 tablespoon fresh ginger (grated)

Pan Spray (Olive Oil)

  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. Peel and dice (medium/1inch) your beets and squash. Be sure to remove your seeds from the squash!!
  3. Thinly slice your onion into strips and mix in with your squash and beets in a medium mixing bowl. Then set aside.
  4. In a small glass (or microwave save dish) mix together the first 3 ingredients for the glaze and microwave for 20 seconds (just enough to make the honey super runny).
  5. While the honey mixture is still hot add in the rest of the glaze ingredients and whisk together until you get a nice smooth consistency.
  6. Toss the warm glaze into the medium bowl with the veggies. Mix well until veggies are coated well!
  7. Line a cookie sheet with foil and spray with olive oil.
  8. Dump out the glazed veggie mix onto the prepped cookie sheet.
  9. Place in the oven and roast for 30-40min or until squash is golden brown and slightly soft through the middle (be sure to turn veggies and move them around with a spatula every 10-15min to prevent burning!)
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Whip Wilson vs. the Two-Gun Gang: A Serial

From the introduction, each of episodes 1-5 ends with Whip Wilson in a cliffhanger, which he then escapes at the beginning of the next episode; and Whip catches Two-Gun Gurney in episode 6. The Two-Gun Gang member Whip catches in the first episode isn't Red River Rollo (1), Backshootin' Brophy (3), or the Perfessor (4); so Whip brings in either the Chickasaw Kid or Saguaro Sam in episode 1. If Saguaro Sam were the first villain to be caught, by clue 1, Whip would end episode 2 by riding his horse Lucille off the edge of a cliff and would capture Red River Rollo in episode 3. Since the episode in which Whip nabs Saguaro Sam does't end with Whip in a pit filled with rattlesnakes (5), episode 2 wouldn't feature the arrest of Backshootin' Brophy (3), which occurs in the episode in which Whip escapes the snake-filled pit. By clue 7, Brophy's capture isn't in the episode that ends with Whip Wilson tied to the railroad tracks or in the episode where Whip is under the falling boulder. The episode in which Whip catches Backshootin' Brophy would end with the hero trapped in a flaming cabin. By clue 6, that would be episode 4, with the rattlesnake cliffhanger ending episode 3 (3). By clue 4, then, episode 2 would tell of the Perfessor's arrest, and episode 1 would end with Whip tied to the railroad tracks. By elimination, episode 5 would show the Chickasaw Kid's arrest and would end with the boulder hurtling down on Whip--no, by clue 2. So, Saguaro Sam isn't caught in episode 1; the Chickasaw Kid is. If in clue 1 Saguaro Sam were arrested in episode 2, with Whip then riding off the cliff in 3 and Red River Rollo's nabbing in 4, by clues 3 and 5, the rattlesnake pit scene would end episode 4 and Backshootin' Brophy would be nabbed in episode 5. Episode 5 would then end with Whip trapped in the burning cabin (7)-- again no (6). So, by clue 1, Saguaro Sam is captured in episode 3, the horse-over-the-cliff cliffhanger ends episode 4, and Whip brings in Red River Rollo in episode 5. Since the snake danger doesn't end the Saguaro Smith episode (5), by clue 3, Whip is thrown into a pit of rattlesnakes at the end of the first episode, and he catches Backshootin' Brophy in the second. By elimination, the Perfessor is captured in episode 4, so Whip is tied to the railroad tracks to end episode 3 (4). By clue 7, the second episode has Whip Wilson trapped in a burning cabin. The last peril the hero escapes is the falling boulder. The six episodes of Whip Wilson Vs. the Two-Gun Gang are as follows:

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Vermont Senate Approves Legalization of Marijuana Possession and Cultivation, Awaits Governor’s Signature

Wed, 01/10/2018 - 18:30

Today, the Vermont state Senate approved a measure that would legalize the possession and limited home cultivation of marijuana. Under this legislation, H. 511, individuals 21 years of age or older would be able to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and cultivate a limited amount for personal use.

“While prohibitionists like Attorney General Jeff Sessions desperately try to force our country to return to the dark ages, his flailing seems to be for naught, as Vermont is now positioned to be the first state to legalize marijuana possession by legislative action,” said NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri, “The American people have made their position clear, it is time to move away from the failed policies of the past and to move in the sensible direction of legalization. Vermont will likely be the first state to take such an action this year, it is unlikely to be the last with New Jersey, Delaware, New Hampshire, Connecticut and others likely to give legalization legislation serious consideration during the 2018 legislative session.”

H. 511 was approved by the state’s lower chamber last week in a 81-63 vote. Now that it has passed the state Senate, the bill will be sent to Governor Phil Smith for his signature. Despite vetoing a similar effort last year, Governor Scott has stated he would likely sign this renewed effort.

Passage of legalization in Vermont in 2018 would be a legislative first. To date, all eight states that have enacted legalization of the adult use of marijuana, as well as the District of Columbia have done so by a direct vote of the people.

One in five Americans reside in a jurisdiction where the adult use of cannabis is legal under state statute, and the majority of citizens reside someplace where the medical use of cannabis is legally authorized. As is evidenced by Vermont lawmakers’ actions, it is clear that the Trump administration is not going to be able to cease this momentum in favor of the enactment of rational marijuana policies.

“For the second time in two years, Vermont lawmakers have rejected the failed Flat Earth policies of marijuana prohibition,” NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano said,”The majority of Vermonters, like the majority of the American public, desire to live in a community where responsible adults who choose to consume cannabis are no longer criminalized or stigmatized. Governor Scott would be wise to provide Vermonters with this path forward, rather than cling to the failed policies of the past.”

New Hampshire House Votes to Legalize Marijuana Possession and Cultivation

Tue, 01/09/2018 - 15:41

UPDATE 01/09/18 1:30 PM Eastern: New Hampshire House Leadership, instead of sending the approved bill directly to the state Senate, has referred the legislation back to the House Ways and Means Committee. Now, either the committee declines to take action and sends the bill to the state Senate or holds hearings on the bill before sending it back to the House floor for another full vote.

This morning, in a direct rebuke to the bluster coming from US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 207 to 139 in favor of a measure that would legalize the possession of up to 3/4 of an ounce of marijuana and the cultivation of 3 mature plants for adults 21 years of age or over. This legislation is similar to a measure passed by members of the House of Representatives in neighboring Vermont last week. Both measures now await action by their respective state Senates, with a vote in Vermont expected for later today.

A broader legalization bill, which included commercial cultivation and retail sales, was voted down in a New Hampshire House committee last November. Today, state Representatives voted to overturn that initial vote and amended that legislation to only include the legalization of personal possession and cultivation. Currently, there is a standing legislative study committee in the state that is researching and reviewing the potential of legalized commercial marijuana in New Hampshire and is expected to give recommendations later this year.

“Despite the best attempts by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice to intimidate state governments, the recent votes in Vermont and New Hampshire demonstrate that legislators are ignoring this bluster and are standing up for the will of the people,” said NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri, “An overwhelming majority of Americans want to see marijuana legalized and their elected officials are smartly siding with this broad public opinion and sensible policy direction over the Reefer Madness being spouted by Attorney General Sessions.”

NORML will keep you updated as these and other legislative reform efforts advance.

Kansas State Representative Defends Prohibition, Goes Full Racist

Mon, 01/08/2018 - 22:11

At an event over the weekend, Kansas State Representative Steve Alford (R) defended the continuation of marijuana prohibition by reverting to the kind of overtly racist rhetoric originally deployed by Henry Anslinger when this failed policy was first implemented.

It is important to remember: Marijuana prohibition perpetuates institutional racism and is itself being perpetuated by racists.

“What you really need to do is go back in the ’30s, when they outlawed all types of drugs in Kansas (and) across the United States,” Kansas Rep. Steve Alford said. “What was the reason why they did that? One of the reasons why, I hate to say it, was that the African Americans, they were basically users and they basically responded the worst off to those drugs just because of their character makeup, their genetics and that.”

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Democrats and Republicans Reject Recent Action by AG Sessions

Fri, 01/05/2018 - 23:03

Following yesterday’s announcement by the DOJ that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had rescinded the Cole Memo, an Obama-era memorandum issued by Attorney General James Cole in 2013, federal lawmakers on both sides of the aisle quickly denounced the decision.

Reject AG Sessions’ Efforts to Revert to the Failed Criminal Policies of the ‘Just Say No’ Era

In addition to taking to the floor of the Senate to express his frustrations, Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) continued to vent on Twitter. He had this to say:

“This reported action directly contradicts what Attorney General Sessions told me prior to his confirmation. With no prior notice to Congress, the Justice Department has trampled on the will of the voters in CO and other states.”

Sharing some of the same frustrations as her counterpart in the Senate, Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) shared the following in a email to supporters:

“Sessions’ actions to protect the bottom lines of the for-profit private prison industry, and Big Pharma whose opioids and drugs flourish in part due to the marijuana prohibition, while trampling on states’ rights and turning everyday Americans into criminals, is the latest injustice that the Attorney General has suffered on the American people.”

Being the cosponsor of pending legislation, that if passed by Congress would stop AG Sessions in his tracks, Representative Gabbard also took a minute to encourage support for her bill, HR 1227:

“I am calling on every member of Congress to take up the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act to remove marijuana from the list of federally controlled substances.”

With prominent Democrats and Republicans promising a fight and threatening to derail DOJ nominations, and thousands of calls and emails from activists asking lawmakers to reject Mr. Sessions’ misguided plan, it appears that political courage comes in many forms.

To join the fight, take a few minutes to contact your representative and encourage their support for HR 1227: The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act: and email for a list of upcoming meetings and lobby days.

Oklahoma: Voters To Decide In June On Sweeping Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative

Fri, 01/05/2018 - 20:39

Oklahoma voters will decide this June on State Question 788 — a statewide ballot measure legalizing the use, cultivation, and distribution of medical cannabis to qualified patients.

Oklahomans will vote on the issue on June 26 during the primary election. Republican Mary Fallin set the date via an executive proclamation, issued yesterday.

State Question 788 permits physicians to recommend cannabis therapy to patients at their discretion. Patients possessing a state-issued medical license are permitted to engage in cannabis possession or cultivation, or they purchase marijuana products from a licensed dispensary.

Initiative proponents gathered sufficient signatures to place the issue before voters in 2016. However, the vote was postponed because of litigation over contested ballot title language. In a 7 to 1 ruling in April, justices rejected the state attorney general’s rewording of the initiative’s ballot title, which proponents had argued was purposely misleading, and ordered that the measure’s initial language be restored.

Under Oklahoma law, the cultivation or distribution of cannabis is classified as a felony offense punishable by up to life in prison.

Proponents of separate statewide medical cannabis initiatives are gathering signatures in Missouri and Utah. Proponents of a medical marijuana initiative in South Dakota have turned in their signatures and are awaiting a review by the Secretary of State’s office. In November, proponents of a voter initiative effort to legalize and regulate the personal use and retail sale of cannabis in Michigan turned in more than 360,000 signatures in an effort to qualify the measure for the November 2018 ballot.

Vermont State House Passes Marijuana Legalization

Fri, 01/05/2018 - 15:58

Montpelier, Vermont: Just hours after US Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded Obama-era guidelines instructing US attorneys to take a ‘hands off’ approach in states with legal marijuana regulations, lawmakers in the Vermont House voted to legalize the personal possession and home cultivation of marijuana by a vote of 81 to 63. The measure now goes back to the Senate for a concurrence vote before going to the Governor, who has indicated that he will sign the bill into law.

Passage of legalization in Vermont in 2018 would be a legislative first. To date, all eight states that have enacted adult use regulatory laws, as well as the District of Columbia have done so by a direct vote of the people.

The progress in Vermont is groundbreaking. Should the Green Mountain State’s leadership move forward as promised, it will mark a huge turning point in the national movement to end the criminalization of marijuana.

One in five Americans resides in a jurisdiction where the adult use of cannabis is legal under state statute, and the majority of citizens reside someplace where the medical use of cannabis is legally authorized. As is evidenced by Vermont lawmakers’ actions, it is clear that the Trump administration is not going to be able to cease this momentum in favor of the enactment of rational marijuana policies.

The political courage of Vermont’s lawmakers to break with nearly a century of legislative stagnation should be interpreted as a siren call in the halls of the state legislatures nationwide as well as the U.S. Capitol.

You can follow the progress of the legislation on our Vermont Action Alert by clicking here.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions To Crackdown On State-Legal Marijuana

Thu, 01/04/2018 - 15:20

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded the Department of Justice’s hands-off policy towards state-legal marijuana.

“By rescinding the Cole Memo, Jeff Sessions is acting on his warped desire to return America to the failed beliefs of the ‘Just Say No’ and Reefer Madness eras. This action flies in the face of sensible public policy and broad public opinion. The American people overwhelmingly support the legalization of marijuana and oppose federal intervention in state marijuana laws by an even wider margin. This move by the Attorney General will prove not just to be a disaster from a policy perspective, but from a political one. The American people will not just sit idly by while he upends all the progress that has been made in dialing back the mass incarceration fueled by marijuana arrests and destabilizes an industry that is now responsible for over 150,000 jobs. Ending our disgraceful war on marijuana is the will of the people and the Trump Administration can expect severe backlash for opposing it,” said Erik Altieri, NORML Executive Director.

The Cole Memo, a Justice Department memorandum, authored by former US Deputy Attorney General James Cole in 2013 to US attorneys in all 50 states, directs prosecutors not to interfere with state legalization efforts and those licensed to engage in the plant’s production and sale, provided that such persons do not engage in marijuana sales to minors or divert the product to states that have not legalized its use, among other guidelines.

During a Q and A with reporters in Richmond, VA in March of 2017, Jeff Sessions said, “The Cole Memorandum set up some policies under President Obama’s Department of Justice about how cases should be selected in those states and what would be appropriate for federal prosecution, much of which I think is valid,”

Additionally in 2017, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D), Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) and Alaska Gov. Bill Walker (I) issued a letter to the new U.S. Attorney General and to Secretary of Treasury Mnuchin calling on them to uphold the largely ‘hands off’ policies toward marijuana legalization, as outlined in the Cole Memo. “Overhauling the Cole Memo is sure to produce unintended and harmful consequences,” the governors wrote. “Changes that hurt the regulated market would divert existing marijuana product into the black market and increase dangerous activity in both our states and our neighboring states.”

Currently, medical marijuana protections are still in effect, known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment. Since 2014, members of Congress have passed annual spending bills that have included a provision protecting those who engage in the state-sanctioned use and dispensing of medical cannabis from undue prosecution by the Department of Justice. The amendment, known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment, maintains that federal funds cannot be used to prevent states from “implementing their own state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession or cultivation of medical marijuana.”

“At a time when the majority of states now are regulating marijuana use in some form, and when nearly two-thirds of voters endorse legalizing the plant’s use by adults, it makes no sense from a political, fiscal, or moral perspective for Attorney General Sessions to take this step” said NORML Political Director Justin Strekal. “It is time that members of Congress take action to comport federal law with majority public opinion and to end the needless criminalization of marijuana — a policy failure that encroaches upon civil liberties, engenders disrespect for the law, and disproportionately impacts communities of color.”

“If the Trump administration goes through with a crackdown on states that have legalized marijuana, they will be taking billions of dollars away from regulated, state-sanctioned businesses and putting that money back into the hands of drug cartels,” Strekal concluded.

Study: Marijuana Use Not Linked With Reduced Motivation

Tue, 01/02/2018 - 19:32

Neither the occasional nor the heavy use of marijuana by adolescents is associated with decreased motivation, according to clinical data published online ahead of print in the journal Substance Use & Misuse.

A team of Florida International University researchers assessed the relationship between cannabis use and motivation in 79 adolescent subjects. Participants consisted of both long-term regular consumers and occasional users. Investigators assessed subjects’ motivational tendencies through the use of two validated tools, the Apathy Evaluation Scale and the Motivation and Engagement Scale.

Authors reported: “After controlling for confounds, no significant differences were observed between regular and light users on any motivation index. Similarly, no associations between motivation and lifetime or past 30-day cannabis use amount were observed.”

They concluded, “Our findings do not support a link between reduced motivation and CU among adolescents after controlling for relevant confounds.”

An abstract of the study, “Is cannabis use associated with various indices of motivation among adolescents?”, appears here.

Talk About Marijuana At Christmas This Year

Sat, 12/23/2017 - 15:15

We have much to be merry for this year. Lawmakers in 26 states have passed legislation to advance cannabis reform, including New Hampshire becoming the 22nd state to decriminalize marijuana and West Virginia becoming the 30th state to pass a medical marijuana program.

This progress has come as a result of years of organizing and conversations with our fellow citizens about the role of government in relationship to a plant. Having the tough conversations about the scope of the government’s right to stop, search, and incarcerate individuals for possessing or consuming marijuana for either personal or medical benefits.

And now for the first time ever, Gallup polling recorded outright majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents supporting the legalization of marijuana. The only way to find out if this includes your aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives is if you bring it up.

So use us as a resource – has FactsheetsTalking Points, and you can even pass your phone or computer around the table to have your friends and family contact their lawmakers right then and there to support reform in our Action Center.

As we look toward an uncertain future, we know we must work to both sustain our existing gains and to win future victories. With your continued financial support, we are confident that we can bring the era of marijuana prohibition to an end and usher in the new era of legalization. Together, we will be unstoppable. Together, we WILL legalize marijuana across this great country.

From all of us at NORML to all of you, we hope you have a very, very green Christmas.

Federal Medical Marijuana Protections Temporarily Extended

Fri, 12/22/2017 - 16:07

Congressional leadership voted to enact a four-week continuing resolution that maintains present federal spending levels and priorities through January 19, 2018. The resolution extends medical cannabis patient protections imposed by the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment until that date.

The amendment, which has been in place since 2014, maintains that federal funds cannot be used to prevent states from “implementing their own state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession or cultivation of medical marijuana.”

“Patients around the country who rely on medical marijuana for treatment—and the businesses that serve them—now have some measure of certainty. Our fight, however, continues to maintain these important protections in the next funding bill passed by Congress.”
– Congressman Earl Blumenauer, (D-OR)

Reps Rohrabacher and Blumenauer are both co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Cannabis Caucus.

Congressional leadership must reauthorize this language as part of the forthcoming budget in order for the provisions to stay in effect. In July, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) offered identical language before the Senate Appropriations Committee, which approved it. However, House Rules Committee Chair Peter Sessions (R-TX) has refused to allow House members to vote on similar language. The provision will now be considered by House and Senate leadership when the two chambers’ appropriations bills are reconciled.

Send a message to your federal lawmakers in support of continuing these protections beyond January 19th by clicking here.

ACLU of Georgia Takes A Case For Peachtree NORML

Thu, 12/21/2017 - 14:36

In June of 2016 members of Peachtree NORML began a practice of visiting official law enforcement Facebook pages when marijuana bust “brag” posts were put up. We began expressing our opinions on those posts. Those opinions were often deleted from these official pages and the citizens making them were blocked from commenting. These actions are an abridgment of a citizen’s First Amendment Right to criticize a governmental official or entity. Sheriff Joey Terrell of Habersham County, Georgia was one of the officials who deleted dissenting comments. We decided to contact the ACLU, and they decided to take up our case for us.

The ACLU sent a letter to Sheriff Terrell, demanding that he cease the practice of deleting dissenting comments and restore commenting capabilities to those persons who had been blocked from the page. Initially, Hunt & Taylor Law Group replied to the letter, stating the following:

Mr. Young:

We are the county attorneys for Habersham County, Georgia. While we technically do not represent the Sheriff as he is an elected official and we are retained to represent the Board of Commissioners and various county departments that are not headed by elected officials, we do, on occasion, respond to requests from those elected officials of the County who seek advice. In that regard, the Sheriff shared with us your letter regarding his FaceBook page. He was concerned that it was his personal FaceBook account and contained information that he wanted to share about the Sheriff’s office. I explained to him that as the elected sheriff of Habersham County, he was the “face” of the department – even on his personal FaceBook page. He understands now that he cannot censor comments even on his account. He has advised me that he will make changes to his account and no longer receive any kind of comments but rather use it as an “announcement page”. I personally know very little about FaceBook and do not know exactly how that will be accomplished. My understanding is that his account will no longer be interactive as he is concerned about responses that will not be appropriate – such as bad language. He will now only post news items.

Donnie Hunt
County Attorney
Habersham County, Georgia

I personally felt Sheriff Terrell was taking the coward’s way out but to his credit, so far, he has acquiesced to our demands, restored the ability to comment to those who were blocked, and is still allowing comment. His post concerning the matter has a bit of a “whine” to it, though, and I’ll let you the reader determine if the Sheriff’s “personal” page is really personal, since it is riddled with the trappings of his Office.

Elected officials in Georgia are required to swear several Oaths before taking office. Among them is an Oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. They don’t get to pick and choose which parts of it they will uphold. They are answerable to US, and we need to hold their feet to the fire when they abridge our rights.

I hope this sends a clear message to ALL elected officials in Georgia regarding deleting dissenting comments from their Facebook pages. If it doesn’t, and they persist, we’re prepared to take this to the Federal Courts.

Thank Yous

I want to thank Sean Young, ACLU GA’s Legal Director, Fallon Traylor (who was the Policy Advocate when this all got started), and Chris Bruce, the Policy Counsel, who pointed me in the right direction to make this happen.

I also want to thank all the members of Peachtree NORML who took screenshots and shared them with me. Without them, this couldn’t have happened. Thank you for standing up!!

Much respect for all of you.

Tom McCain is an Air Force Veteran, retired law enforcement officer, former Chief Deputy of Johnson County, and the Executive Director of Peachtree NORML. You can find out more at and follow their work on Facebook and Twitter. Peachtree NORML is supported by grassroots contributions and your support means a lot – consider making a donation now

Congressman Jerry Nadler Wins Ranking Member On Judiciary Committee

Wed, 12/20/2017 - 17:53

NORML Board Chair Steve Dillon with Rep. Jerry Nadler during the 2017 National NORML Lobby Day.

During a House Democrats meeting on Wednesday morning, the caucus elected marijuana reform supporter Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY) to be the party leader on the powerful Judiciary Committee.

Rep. Nadler has earned an “A+” rating on the NORML Scorecard for his support of ending the federal prohibition of marijuana, positive votes when given the opportunity, and his co-sponsorship of legislation including the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act in the previous session of Congress.

The current Chairman of the committee is Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), a longtime opponent of marijuana reform who has earned a “D” on the NORML scorecard for voting against reform amendments when given the opportunity. However, Rep. Goodlatte had announced earlier this year that he will not be running for reelection, which will leave a wide-open race on the Republican side who will be the top member in the next Congress.

Given the political climate, in order to secure hearings on legislation that would end prohibition, it is essential that the next Chairman of the Judiciary be willing to address the issue.

Study: CBD Effective As Adjunctive Therapy For Psychosis

Tue, 12/19/2017 - 21:47

The daily administration of CBD (cannabidiol) as an adjunctive therapy mitigates psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, according to clinical trial data published online ahead of print in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

British researchers assessed the adjunctive use of CBD compared to placebo over a six-week period in a randomized trial of 88 schizophrenic patients. Participants ingested 1000mg of plant-derived CBD per day.

Subjects in the CBD treatment group “had lower levels of positive psychotic symptoms and were more likely to have been rated as improved and as not severely unwell by the treating clinician” at the conclusion of the trial. CBD administration was also associated with “improvements in cognitive performance and in the level of overall functioning,” although these changes did not reach statistical significance.

“These findings suggest that CBD has beneficial effects in patients with schizophrenia,” authors concluded. “As CBD’s effects do not appear to depend on dopamine receptor antagonism, this agent may represent a new class of treatment for the disorder.”

Results of the prior clinical trial published in the journal Translational Psychiatry determined that CBD is superior to amisulpride, a potent anti-psychotic agent, in mitigating psychotic symptoms in schizophrenic patients.

An abstract of the study, “Cannabidiol (CBD) as an adjunctive therapy in schizophrenia: A multicenter randomized controlled trial,” appears online here.

NORML “Rolls Out” New Rolling Papers

Mon, 12/18/2017 - 14:04

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, NORML, announces a new partnership with Curved Papers, Inc. to produce branded rolling papers which are now available online and at select stores nationwide.

You can click HERE to purchase them online.

These 100% hemp papers feature a curved edge that results in a more evenly rolled end product.

A portion of the proceeds from the papers goes directly to NORML in order to sustain our efforts in promoting legalized adult use, expanded medical availability, and other related advocacy efforts in the cannabis community.

The NORML rolling papers debuted as part of Rolling Stones’ “Weed for the Holidays” gift giving guide.

Click here to get your NORML curved papers and support our critical advocacy.

WHO Finalizes CBD Recommendations

Wed, 12/13/2017 - 19:15

The use of the naturally occurring cannabinoid CBD (cannabidiol) possesses no likely abuse potential and therefore should not be subject to international drug scheduling restrictions, according to recommendations finalized today by the World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence.

Concludes WHO: “Recent evidence from animal and human studies shows that its use could have some therapeutic value for seizures due to epilepsy and related conditions. Current evidence also shows that cannabidiol is not likely to be abused or create dependence as for other cannabinoids (such as Tetra Hydro Cannabinol (THC), for instance). The ECDD therefore concluded that current information does not justify scheduling of cannabidiol and postponed a fuller review of cannabidiol preparations to May 2018, when the committee will undertake a comprehensive review of cannabis and cannabis related substances.”

A preliminary report issued by WHO in November affirmed, “[T]here is no evidence of recreational use of CBD or any public health related problems associated with the use of pure CBD.”

In September, NORML submitted written testimony to the US Food and Drug Administration in opposition to the imposition of new international restrictions regarding CBD access. The FDA is one of a number of agencies that advised the World Health Organization in their review.

Despite the international health agency’s acknowledgment that CBD is therapeutic, safe, and well-tolerated, it remains classified under US law as a schedule I controlled substance.

“The domestic classification and criminalization of cannabidiol as a schedule I controlled substance is out of step with both available science and common sense,” NORML Political Director Justin Strekal said. “It is yet another example of the US government placing ideology over evidence when it comes to issues related to the cannabis plant.”

Text of the WHO recommendations are online here.

Indigent Marijuana Defendants Will Be Covered Under Amended Contract Between Kansas City and Legal Aid of Western Missouri

Tue, 12/12/2017 - 19:57

On April 4, 2017, Kansas City residents decriminalized marijuana possession with an amazing 75% of voters supporting that move. The Initiative was led by NORML KC, the Kansas City Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

The Petition decriminalized marijuana possession by eliminating arrests, eliminating the possibility of jail as a sentence, and requiring almost all such cases to be handled in municipal court which does not result in a criminal conviction. The previous range of punishment was up to six months in jail and/or a fine of up to $500. The new maximum fine is $25.

Prior to the election in April, certain public officials claimed they were concerned about the welfare of indigent marijuana defendants who would no longer be eligible for free legal services under the City’s contract with Legal Aid of Western Missouri (LAWMO). Supporters of the Initiative pointed out that this problem could easily be fixed by amending the City’s contract with LAWMO. Now, that has happened.

The previous KC/LAWMO contract limited free legal services to indigent defendants charged with offenses which carry possible jail sentences. The new amendment specifically allows for LAWMO to represent indigent defendants facing marijuana possession charges.

According to The Kansas City Star, April 4, 2017, LAWMO represented defendants in about 59% of municipal marijuana cases during the past fiscal year.  The Star reported that approximately 70% of marijuana defendants are black, in a city where the population is only 30% black.  Studies consistently show that marijuana use rates are virtually the same between black and white Americans.

“NORML KC is pleased that the City has chosen to do the right thing in protecting its most vulnerable population by amending the contract with LAWMO,” said Jamie Kacz, Executive Director of NORML KC. “Prosecuting non-violent cannabis offenses should not be a priority in our city when over half of the nation has some form of safe and legal access.”

Attorney Dan Viets, Missouri NORML Coordinator and a member of the national NORML Board of Directors, said that the voters of Kansas City spoke loudly and clearly in getting the Initiative a landslide victory. “It was incredible that with no funding and only a small group of volunteers supporting the effort, this Initiative passed with the support of 75% of the voters!”

Further reform efforts are underway statewide. The New Approach Medical Cannabis Initiative campaign intends to place a measure legalizing medical cannabis on the November 2018 Missouri ballot. Missouri NORML Chapters, including NORML KC, are an important part of the coalition which is supporting this measure. The Initiative would provide funding for veterans’ services and regulate cultivation, processing and dispensing of cannabis to patients whose doctors have recommended such use. The campaign has gathered more than 125,000 signatures.  Nearly 170,000 valid signatures will be required to qualify for the ballot.

Study: Alcohol Sales Fall Following Cannabis Legalization

Fri, 12/01/2017 - 20:18

Sales of alcoholic beverages decline following the enactment of medical marijuana access laws, according to a working paper authored by a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut and Georgia State University.

Authors evaluated the relationship between medical marijuana laws and retail alcohol sales for more than 2,000 US counties for the years 2006 to 2015. Alcohol sales trends in medical cannabis states were compared to sales trends in states where cannabis remained illegal. Researchers determined that counties located in medical cannabis states, on average, experienced a reduction in monthly alcohol sales of 15 percent.

Researchers concluded: “We find that marijuana and alcohol are strong substitutes. … States legalizing medical marijuana use experience significant decreases in the aggregate sale of alcohol, beer and wine. Moreover, the effects are not short-lived, with significant reductions observed up to 24 months after the passage of the law.”

Consumer trend data from California reports that those with legal access to cannabis frequently reduce their alcohol intake. A 2016 analysis of beer sales in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington reported that retail sales “collectively underperformed” in the years following the enactment of adult use marijuana regulation.

Full text of the study, “Helping settle the marijuana and alcohol debate: Evidence from scanner data,” appears online here.

Bipartisan Letter To Congressional Leadership Urges Continued Protections For Medical Marijuana Programs

Wed, 11/29/2017 - 20:24

Today, sixty-six members of Congress representing both Republicans and Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Ryan, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, Leader Pelosi, and Leader Schumer urging them to maintain the federal protections for the 46 states that have implemented some form of medical cannabis programs throughout the country.

This comes on the same day the Attorney General Jeff Sessions held a press conference to discuss America’s opioid epidemic and made disparaging comments about marijuana.

“We’re working on that very hard right now,” Sessions said on Wednesday. “We had meetings yesterday and talked about it at some length. It’s my view that the use of marijuana is detrimental and we should not give encouragement in any way to it. And it represents a federal violation which is in the law and is subject to being enforced, and our priorities will have to be focused on all the things and challenges that we face.”

From Rep. Rohrabacher’s press release:

Representatives Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48) and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) spearheaded a letter, signed by 64 other members of the House of Representatives, urging House and Senate leadership to ensure the inclusion of medical marijuana protections in any appropriations bill that funds the government beyond December 8, 2017. The provision, previously known as “Rohrabacher-Farr,” and now “Rohrabacher-Blumenauer,” bars the Department of Justice from using appropriated funds to prosecute individuals who are acting in compliance with their state’s medical marijuana laws. The provision was first signed into law in December 2014 as part of a larger spending package, and has been in force ever since.

Reps Rohrabacher and Blumenauer are both co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Cannabis Caucus.

In September, President Donald Trump reached an agreement with Congressional leadership to enact a three-month continuing resolution that maintains present federal spending levels and priorities through December 8, 2017, which included the amendment that was passed in the previous session of Congress.

Congressional leadership must reauthorize this language as part of the forthcoming budget in order for the provisions to stay in effect. In July, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) offered identical language before the Senate Appropriations Committee, which approved it. However, House Rules Committee Chair Peter Sessions (R-TX) has refused to allow House members to vote on similar language. The provision will now be considered by House and Senate leadership when the two chambers’ appropriations bills are reconciled.

It is imperative that the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment remain the law of the land and AG Sessions not be given the green-light to enact a crackdown. Click here to send a message to your federal lawmakers and urge them to speak out about the need to protect the 2 million registered medical marijuana patients throughout the country.

Rick Steves Testifies In Illinois In Support Of Legalization

Wed, 11/29/2017 - 15:56

Rick Steves with Illinois NORML’s Ali Nagib

On Tuesday, travel radio and television host Rick Steves, a NORML Board Member, journeyed to Illinois to testify in support of marijuana legalization effort in the state legislature.

“When you legalize marijuana, use does not go up, teen use does not go up, crime does not go up, what goes up ix tax revenue, what goes down is the black market,” Steves said. “Seventy thousand people are locked up in our country every year, 700,000 people are arrested, for possession of marijuana, not violent crimes. They’re not rich white guys, they’re poor people and they’re black people. It’s amazing that it’s happening in our country right now and there is just a way out of this.”

Steves is well known for his public support of reform and has dedicated a tremendous amount of time and energy in support of outright legalization. During his press conference in Chicago, he was flanked by state lawmakers who have introduced the legislation. In their remarks, they laid out the economic realities of prohibition.

“It is clear that prohibition doesn’t work and that by lifting cannabis restrictions we can encourage economic development in Illinois,” State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) said. “We are carefully considering all aspects and potential impacts of legalizing adult-use cannabis, including job growth.”

“Legalizing cannabis will spur the creation of new small businesses and much-needed jobs,” State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) said. “We are leaving hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity on the table by continuing the outdated status quo of prohibition.”

A recent poll of Illinois voters shows that 66% support the outright legalization of marijuana, and 74% support an end to arrests and penalties for simple possession.

You can watch the press conference by clicking here.

Make sure to follow Illinois NORML on Facebook, Twitter, and visit their website:

Double Your Impact on #GreenTuesday

Tue, 11/28/2017 - 16:22

#GivingTuesday is a day that unites us in generosity and celebration for all that we have accomplished. After the two most busiest shopping days of the year, #GivingTuesday gives us all a chance to give back. This year we’re going BIG, and the only way we can ensure that happens is with your help.

The holiday season is in full swing, and naturally we are forced to think about all we are thankful for. We at NORML could not be more grateful for YOU and all of your continuous, unconditional support as we work for our shared vision of a legalized nation.

During this joyous time of giving thanks, one of our generous supporters offered to match the first $5,000 in donations for #GivingTuesday.

Double your impact and make a donation to propel us to the finish line and end marijuana prohibition.

We’ve made so much progress over the last year, all thanks to you. But there is still so much to be done. We expect 2018 to be even more successful for the movement, and we need you to help continue our momentum by making a contribution in honor of #GivingTuesday. Now more than ever is when we need your support to ensure that we achieve a fair legalization and equitable marijuana market.

Donate today to have your contribution matched dollar for dollar!

Every act of generosity counts, and each means even more when we give together. Join NORML’s global giving movement where millions of people have come together to support and champion our cause of ending marijuana prohibition. Become one of those people today, on #GivingTuesday.

Many thanks,
The NORML Team

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