National Organization fir the Reform of Marijuana Law. NORML supports the right of adults to use marijuana responsibly, whether for medical or personal purposes. All penalties, both civil and criminal, should be eliminated for responsible use. Further, to eliminate the crime, corruption and violence associated with any "black market," a legally regulated market should be established where consumers could buy marijuana in a safe and secure environment. NORML supports the eventual development of a legally controlled market for marijuana, where consumers could buy marijuana for personal use from a safe legal source. This policy, generally known as legalization, exists on various levels in a handful of European countries like The Netherlands and Switzerland, both of which enjoy lower rates of adolescent marijuana use than the U.S. Such a system would reduce many of the problems presently associated with the prohibition of marijuana, including the crime, corruption and violence associated with a "black market."

California NORML is a non-profit, membership organization dedicated to reforming California's marijuana laws. Our mission is to establish the right of adults to use cannabis legally. We are the only state organization devoted specifically to marijuana reform. We publish a newsletter, lobby lawmakers, sponsor events, offer legal, educational, and consumer health advice, and sponsor scientific research.

At Oregon NORML, we are leading the fight for commonsense regulation of the most useful plant ever known to mankind -- cannabis hemp. We stand for the safe protected medicinal use of marijuana by patients legally enrolled in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program. We stand for the industrial use of hemp to provide food, fuel, and fiber for America and a viable cash crop for Oregon farmers. We stand for the regulated private use of cannabis by adults. Most importantly, we work to reform state and federal laws regarding marijuana and bring an end to the harassment, arrest, and imprisonment of responsible taxpaying American citizens.

Illinois NORML, the Illinois chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, is a not-for-profit corporation working to reform marijuana laws. Our board of directors and members donate their time and we rely on donations from concerned individuals like yourself. We focus on medical marijuana, the recreational uses of marijuana, and industrial hemp. As public support continues to grow, we look forward to assisting you in ending marijuana prohibition.

Legalise Cannabis - Anything Less Would be a Crime / We Smoked Here - Prohibition Does Not Work. We work to end cannabis prohibition in New Zealand, and bring about progressive drug polices.
・Reform our marijuana laws　・Provide information about cannabis　・Engage in political action appropriate to our aims　・Inform people of their rights　・Give advice and support to the victims of prohibition

In the United States, more than 70 million people have tried marijuana, and millions of adults still consume it on a regular basis. Almost everyone has a friend, relative, neighbor, or co-worker who consumes marijuana. Because of the widespread economic and criminal justice ramifications of the illicit marijuana market and of Marijuana Prohibition, the marijuana phenomenon touches nearly everyone's life. All drugs are potentially harmful; marijuana is no exception -- and the entire range of marijuana policies, from total prohibition to total legalization, has drawbacks as well as benefits. As with alcohol and tobacco, there is no simple solution. The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) understands that no one policy will solve all problems. Each potentially harmful effect of marijuana consumption and the myriad public and private marijuana control efforts must be thoroughly evaluated. Each policy option should be judged according to whether the overall harm is reduced or increased. Furthermore, public policies must be grounded in the reality that marijuana consumption is already widespread despite the present prohibition laws. A "marijuana-free America" has been proven to be an unrealistic goal.

Law Enforcement against Prohibition (LEAP) is made up of current and former members of law enforcement who believe the existing drug policies have failed in their intended goals of addressing the problems of crime, drug abuse, addiction, juvenile drug use, stopping the flow of illegal drugs into this country and the internal sale and use of illegal drugs. By fighting a war on drugs the government has increased the problems of society and made them far worse. A system of regulation rather than prohibition is a less harmful, more ethical and a more effective public policy. The mission of LEAP is to reduce the multitude of unintended harmful consequences resulting from fighting the war on drugs and to lessen the incidence of death, disease, crime, and addiction by ultimately ending drug prohibition.

Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) is a non-profit organization based in Denver, Colorado. SAFER began in January 2005 in response to the fatal student alcohol overdoses that occurred on Colorado college campuses during the 2004-2005 school years. SAFER envisions a society in which the private adult possession and use of marijuana is treated in the same or similar manner as the private adult possession and use of alcohol. Thus, SAFER’s mission is to educate the public about the harms of alcohol compared to the much safer窶輩et illegal窶播rug: marijuana.

The European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies. ENCOD's goal: Our common concern is that citizens are particularly disadvantaged in confronting the effects of the drug trade and the negative side-effects of drug control policies, and at the same time, they are excluded from the (inter)national fora where decisions on these and other related policies influencing drug control, are made. Therefore, our goal is to obtain more transparency and democracy in the drug policy-making process.

ENCOD's proposal: We believe that drug control policies should be subordinated to guiding principles of sound governance, such as those laid out in the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on Biodiversity. In particular to those principles which guarantee respect for social, economic and political rights, and the cultural diversity of all human beings, and those which take into account the sustainability of the planet.

Minimise Drug-Related Harm to Individuals and Communities by Effective System to Regulate and Control Drugs. Transform Drug Policy Foundation (TDPF) exists to minimise drug-related harm to individuals and communities by bringing about a just, and effective system to regulate and control drugs at national and international levels. Raising the debate on the prohibition / legalisation (legalization) and regulation of all drugs including heroin, cocaine and cannabis.

The federal government's war on drugs has been costly, ineffective, and unjust. Criminalizing cannabis (marijuana) has unfairly imprisoned thousands of non-violent offenders, including a disproportionate number of people of color. Legalizing, taxing and regulating cannabis sales will make private adult marijuana offenses the lowest police priority, and direct the local government to support changes in public policy regarding marijuana with the aim of regulating, licensing and taxing its sales to adults as soon as possible under California law. There is a growing national consensus that marijuana should be kept off the streets and away from children, but adults should not face prison for using, planting or selling cannabis to other adults. Allowing the local option for communities to tax and regulate sales of cannabis will provide revenues and social benefits. Localities that adopt the policy of tolerance can use normal zoning regulations and agencies to allow responsible business practices.

On November 9, 2004, the Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana (CRCM) turned in 84,665 signatures for its statutory initiative, 57,887 of which we estimate to be valid. The secretary of state has until December 1 to notify CRCM of whether the petitioners have deposited the required number of valid signatures (at least 51,337). The initiative would require the state to tax and regulate marijuana similarly to alcohol. Once the measure is certified as having a sufficient number of signatures, the legislature will be required to consider the measure during its 2005 legislative session. If the legislature does not enact the measure as is, the initiative will be placed on the November 2006 ballot.

This site provides scientific and other material regarding the medical use of cannabis (marijuana) and its legal status under the laws of the United States.

The purpose of DrugScience.org is to provide an on-line home for the Cannabis Rescheduling Petition and related materials, such as the Bulletin of Cannabis Reform. In a broad sense the purpose of both the Cannabis Rescheduling Petition and the Bulletin is to increase informed participation in the public policy process by advocates of marijuana law reform.

The United States Marijuana Party is a motivated group of Americans who are tired of living in fear of their government because of marijuana prohibition. We are fed up with the intrusion into our personal lives, with urine testing at work and at school, with armed home invasions, and with the possibility of prison because of a plant. We are Americans and we do not piss in a cup for anyone but our doctor! We feel it is time for the 12 million Americans who smoke marijuana on a regular basis to stop hiding their love for this plant and unite as one large body of voters to demand an end to the unconstitutional prohibition of marijuana and the drug war. The USCannabis Plant cannot lock-up 12 million people. The War on Drugs causes more harm than the drugs themselves ever will. United we are a potential 12 million vote political machine. We want to live free and we must be determined to stand up, be counted, demonstrate, rally, and write. Waiting for the government to silence us is not an option. Too many of our brethren are there, in prison right now. More Americans are in jail today for non-violent drug offenses than at any previous time in American history. More Americans are in jail today for marijuana offenses than at any previous moment in American history. The war against marijuana is a genocidal war waged against us by a government determined to eradicate our plant, our culture, our freedom and our political rights.

The premise that marijuana is not so bad, and therefore, should not be so illegal, is the wrong approach for us to take. A better approach is to say that marijuana is good, and that the government is evil, and that is why marijuana is illegal. Moving the debate from saying drugs are bad, to saying that drugs are not so bad, is to compromise with prejudice. The mealy mouthed language of drug prohibition goes from saying we should destroy some drugs, to saying that we should minimize their harm. Instead, we should be saying that drugs are good tools, and we should be maximizing the benefit from all drugs. All drugs should be regarded as inherently good tools. The abuse or misuse of those tools should not be primary. The harm reduction language is an invitation to more bureaucracy and bullshit by governments. In general, the advocacy of so-called harm reduction is an attempt to take marijuana into the mainstream. However, the mainstream itself is almost completely crazy and corrupt to the core. Our mainstream is based on the madness of militarism having become too triumphant. Our mainstream is based on too much success from too much robbery and fraud perpetrated during history by a few people against many other people. Making cannabis become criminal was the worst single example of the success of dishonesty backed up with violence controlling our culture. I believe that the role of the Marijuana Party is not to compromise with popular prejudices. We should not agree to the language of harm reduction. We should develop a language of marijuana maximization.

PRINCIPLES: We believe the use of cannabis ought to be a matter of choice and not of law. We believe that the prohibition of cannabis is against the public interest. We believe that the prohibition of cannabis contravenes Human Rights. We believe that the prohibition of cannabis inhibits the use of a beneficial resource. We believe that the legalisation of cannabis is a very important step that should be taken to benefit the people and their environment.

AIMS: To hasten the full legalisation and utilisation of the cannabis plant for the good of the peoples of this world, on a local, national and international level. To secure the release of all prisoners convicted only of cannabis offences and to ensure that all criminal records for cannabis offences are expunged. To encourage public and private research into the many beneficial uses of cannabis including industrial, social and medical uses for the good of the people. To halt all criminal prosecutions for the use of cannabis as a social or private relaxant including its uses as a sacrament or in religious or other ritual. To provide a voice for those in society persecuted and prosecuted for cannabis activities which victimise none.

The prohibition of marijuana in Canada has fallen into legal invalidity.
The purpose of this site is to inform the Canadian public of this, to explain its significance, to mount a campaign to end the enforcement of this invalidated law, and to offer assistance to any Canadian who may be in legal jeopardy from it.

Pete Guither is a drug policy reform expert and an unapologetic advocate of ending prohibition as it exists today. He is author of the popular drug policy reform blog: Drug WarRant.com, and founder of the Drug WarRant.net community.

The Embassy’s prime activities are promoting drug law reform by educating the community in general, and promoting a more tolerant and compassionate attitude to people in general.

Students for Sensible Drug Policy. With hundreds of thousands of Americans behind bars for drug offenses, why are drugs purer and more prevalent than ever? With billions of dollars invested in incarceration and interdiction, why are treatment needs continually unmet? Why has the government sacrificed our freedom, safety, and health to the Drug War? Students for Sensible Drug Policy is committed to providing education on harms caused by the War on Drugs, working to involve youth in the political process, and promoting an open, honest, and rational discussion of alternative solutions to our nation's drug problems.

We are a growing body of citizens whose lives have been gravely affected by our government's present drug policy. We are prisoners, parents of those incarcerated, wives, sisters, brothers, children, aunts, uncles and cousins. Some of us are loving friends and concerned citizens, each of us alarmed that drug war casualties are rising in absolutely horrific proportions.

The November Coalition is a non-profit organization of grassroots volunteers educating the public about the destructive increase in prison population in the United States due to our current drug laws. We alert our fellow citizens, particularly those who are complacent or naive, about the present and impending dangers of an overly powerful federal authority acting far beyond its constitutional constraints. The drug war is an assault and steady erosion of our civil rights and freedoms by federal and state governments.