the dope report

“You name it, we medicate it,” said the executive of Genovations Laboratory in Colorado.

Reuters, The SF Chronicle, CBS, ABC and other major media outlets descended on the 38th Annual NORML Convention this afternoon for a press conference by leading Oakland drug law reformer Richard Lee (pictured above).

The historic movement to roll back cannabis prohibition in the U.S. marshaled its forces today at the 38th annual NORML Conference dubbed “Yes We Cannabis!”

With four efforts to legalize the plant in California under way, State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano spoke Friday morning at the conference in downtown San Francisco on his decriminalization bill AB 390, which is pending discussion in committee at Sacramento next year.

From press release:

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The Tax Cannabis 2010 campaign will kick-off its statewide signature gathering at a press conference this Friday, September 25 at 12:30 pm in the press room at the NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) Convention at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco. Speakers will include former State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, former Seattle, WA Police Chief Norm Stamper, Marijuana is Safer Co-Author Mason Tvert, and Tax Cannabis 2010 proponents Richard Lee and Jeff Jones. Speakers will discuss how voters are ready to change a failed system of cannabis laws, how cannabis is safer than alcohol, and the benefits of taxing and regulating cannabis for California.

The 38th annual National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) Conference inundated San Francisco with hundreds of activists and industry representatives today.