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3_ _MZCUS_APPLXCANT NOP_L_S INTEREST
NORML is a non-profit educational
organization established in 1970. Headquartered
in Washingtone D.Co_ NORML has 56 state and local
affiliate organizations from Alaska to
Massachusetts_ including a chapter based in
Bellingham_ Washington.
NO_4L identifies the actual harm caused today
by the 1937 criminalization of marijuana
possession (legislation opposed then by the
American Medical Association)_ to be immeasurably
greater than the potential harm from re-
legalization of this properly controlled (but
improperly banned) substance. NORML supports the
repeal of criminal and civil penalties, for
private adult possession and personal adult use.
NORML believes regulation is the inevitable
replacement of the current prohibition (which has
been no more successful than the repealed Alcohol
Prohibition)_ with the objectives of: Reducing
adolescent access; discouraging abuse; protecting
public health and safety (including the
maintenance of penalties for impaired automobile
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