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Medical Marijuana Interview with Activist & Hero Rudy Reyes

Posted on: April 15, 2013

DFW NORML sat down with Rudy Reyes, the nationally recognized hero of the 2003 Cedar Fires turned medical marijuana activist while in Texas recently. Reyes spent much of the ’00s as a local politician and rabble-rouser, running for both San Diego County supervisor and city councilman of Santee, a San Diego suburb. His experiences as […]

DFW NORML Interviews Hip Hop Legend Immortal Technique

Posted on: March 30, 2013

DFW Norml recently had a sit-down chat with the New York-based Peruvian American rapper Immortal Technique before his performance at Trees. As you’ll see, IT’s views on federal drug laws and their connections to various social ills are wide-ranging and passionate. Indeed, anyone who’d dismiss him as just another pissed-off hip hop artist isn’t hearing […]

DFW Norml Interviews Waka Flocka Flame

Posted on: February 6, 2013

During DFW Norml’s recent backstage chat with Waka Flocka Flame, the Atlanta hip hop artist and animal rights advocate confirmed that you can have too much of a good thing. Flame warns fans about the ass-kicking potential of what he calls “the edibles,” or ingestible cannabis products like brownies, candy, and cookies. One brownie laid […]

DL Hughley Sits Down with DFW NORML

Posted on: January 31, 2013

When comedian and “cannasseur” D.L. Hughley sat down with DFW Norml before a recent performance at the Addison Improv, he said this about the group’s efforts to legalize cannabis in the Lone Star State: “Well, good luck in Texas!” But the affable Hughley, who’s seen a complicated range of attitudes toward herb in cities from […]

The Beginning of the End of Marijuana Prohibition

Posted on: November 7, 2012

Barak Obama being reelected for a second term wasn’t the only thing that happened on November 6th. Two states, Colorado and Washington have just legalized marijuana for adults while Massachusetts has become our 18th medical marijuana state. As of now, about 1/3 of Americans are living in places with some form of legal marijuana, according […]

Drug Trafficking from Arlington, Texas to St. Croix

Posted on: April 30, 2012

The press celebrated another injustice recently in the war on drugs. Federal authorities have been applauded for shutting down “a drug trafficking operation that mailed large quantities of marijuana from several Arlington post offices to St. Croix.” When I saw the first few lines in the story about a drug trafficking operation, I ignorantly assumed […]

Monthly Meeting March 31, 2012 @ 4pm in Arlington

Posted on: March 29, 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:00pm – 6:00pm Arlington Unitarian Universalist Church 2001 California Lane Arlington, Texas 76015 On the Agenda: – Recognizing Our Cannabis All-Stars: Dave Acree – Merchandise Update: Andrea Brown – Treasury Update: Aaron Gutknechkt – Global Marijuana March & 4/20 Party Updates: Will Jenkins – Project Decriminalize Dallas: Eric Moreno & Larry Talley – DFW NORML & […]