Legal News
Hamilton County TN Grand Jury Recommends Legalizing Pot
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) - Legalizing marijuana is always a hot topic and for the first time in history, national research shows the majority of people in favor of it.
The Hamilton County Grand Jury for the first quarter of the year just concluded. After hearing more than 600 cases, they submitted recommendations to Judge Rebecca Stern, that they think would improve the county’s criminal justice system.
That’s standard procedure, but there’s one recommendation that’s getting a lot of attention and it has to do with legalizing certain amounts of marijuana.
Tennessee is one of 26 states that makes no exception to marijuana; medical or recreational, it’s against the law.
“I don’t think it should be legalized because our people are acting foolish enough right about now, so just adding it to make it legal, everybody would be trying to get it then and we don’t need it,” Chattanooga resident Kathryn… Continue reading
MTSU Drug War Education Film/Panel A Success!
Thanks to NORMLTN Student Education Committee Chair Alex and Young Americans For Liberty, MTSU had a record turn out for the drug war education film, Breaking The Taboo, on April 18th of this year.
Approximately 50 students and others attended the film and panel discussion “I was impressed with the turnout,” said NORMLTN Committee Chair and MTSU pre-law student Alex. ” I feel confident in brining this film and others to other universities in Middle TN as we push together to reform marijuana laws in this state.”
Thanks also go to panel members, NORMLTN President, Attorney Doak Patton, Nashville Attorney Andrew L. and Rutherford County Public Defender Gerald Melton.
This outreach effort to educate the public at universities, churches, civic groups and in the TN Legislature is a result of the growing interest and support in NORMLTN’s mission to change marijuana laws in TN.
Our public meetings are held the… Continue reading
Why NORMLTN? Let’s Look At Our Mission Statement!
NORMLTN’s core committee will meet today 4/28/13 to discuss ways to strengthen our organization, place skilled members in key positions and how we can more effectively work to recruit talented, responsible and dedicated people like yourselves.
From the mission statement, which is the “why” our organization exists, we get to the “how do we do it” through our 501c3 charter, bylaws, then to questions like, “What are the skills we need to achieve these things?”
That skill search will point us to people with the talent and passion to make things happen. Could that be YOU? We sure hope so.
One of the challenges of being a marijuana activist is staying anonymous while still being effective in helping our organization to change the medical marijuana laws (and then others too, if we do it right!) in TN
Sooooooo in our upcoming June Board Elections, we have the opportunity to look… Continue reading
NORMLTN’s First 4/20 Education Celebration A Success!
NewsChannel5, The Nashville Scene and Fox News all came to recognize and report on NORMLTN’s 4/20/13 day long Marijuana education and celebration event. Highlights included a well attended panel discussion with Rep. Sherry Jones, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition’s Erin James, Author Constance Gee and others with NORMLTN President Doak Patton moderating.
The poetry, comedy and music that followed attracted a long stream of visitors new to NORMLTN events and the results were not only new friends and members, but increased awareness of the injustice of TN Marijuana Laws and the importance of changing them.
Thank you to all the organizers, participants and attendees. One highlight of the day - fire twirlers performing at night in front of a live Fox-TV shoot with a crowd of Medical Marijuana supporters holding signs to raise awareness and change the laws in TN. This was truly a moment in NORMLTN history.
This event and… Continue reading
Drivers aren’t high but still busted for DUI: Column
EJ Montini 5:41p.m. EDT March 11, 2013
Arizona drivers are going to jail, paying big fines and losing their licenses even after blood tests prove they were not high.
How could a person who is not drunk or high get busted for DUI? Blood tests now can detect two important chemical compounds in marijuana often for weeks after smoking.
In Arizona, if you have either of these compounds in your blood you are guilty of a DUI. What if you could get a DUI for having had a few drinks two weeks ago?
Crazy, right?
Except it’s happening. Not with alcohol, but with marijuana.
Drivers from Arizona and at least nine other states, including Utah, Iowa, Indiana, Delaware and Rhode Island, are going to jail, paying big fines and losing their licenses after having gotten driving-under-the-influence citations when blood tests prove they were not high.
“It makes no sense,” says attorney… Continue reading
Key lawmaker says hemp bill regaining momentum in Kentucky House
By Janet Patton — [email protected]
The hemp bill is back on track.
House Agriculture and Small Business Committee Chairman Tom McKee said Monday that a proposal to regulate hemp farming in Kentucky is expected to win approval from his committee Wednesday.
“I anticipate a very strong vote. It could be a unanimous vote,” said McKee, D-Cynthiana.
His substitute bill, which would have scrapped a licensing framework for farmers and replaced it with a research project at the University of Kentucky, has been dropped, McKee said. He plans to file no amendments, signalling that the original version of Senate Bill 50 could get the up or down vote that supporters have sought.
McKee’s move came after bill sponsor Sen. Paul Hornback, R-Shelbyville, and Agriculture Commissioner James Comer held a news conference last week to accuse McKee of blocking the bill. His committee heard about two hours of testimony about… Continue reading
Marilyn & Gerry Campbell Medical Marijuana Trial Continues Into March 2013
On Monday, February 4, 2013, at the Nashville TN Federal Courthouse, the Marilyn and Gerry Campbell Medical Marijuana trial continued on to March 18, 2013 because the judge wants to explore the federal guidelines, technicalities and sentencing on a number of issues; size of the plants, the guns found in their country home and if the ‘safety valve’ applies in their case.
When I met Marilyn in the hallway outside the courtroom that Monday, she said, “Google The Price of Pain and my name for more info on the story”. So here’s an excerpt below. The Barbra mentioned in the story is Marilyn’s daughter, Barbara Broads, a business owner in Woodbury, TN. Marilyn is on the agenda to speak at our next NORMLTN meeting, Sunday February 10th, 2 p.m. at the Sunset Grill in Nashville.
Shattered glass.
Gerry Campbell had a horrible accident in 1999. He ran off the Auburntown Road… Continue reading
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