the dope report

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.

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