e main reasons for legalization. Economy, prisons and rebellion among teenagers are not the only reasons marijuana should be legalized, they are just the tip of the iceberg. There is also the issue of all the Pro-Marijuana clubs and organizations, such as NORML that exist today constantly trying their hardest to legalize drugs such as Marijuana. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws also known as NORML was founded in 1970, an advocate for legalizing marijuana. During the 1970s, NORML led the successful efforts to decriminalize minor marijuana offenses in 11 states and lower penalties in all others. Though the movement eventually fell victim to the "war on drugs," NORML has remained the nation's principal organization dedicated to ending marijuana prohibition. Today NORML serves as an informational resource to the national media on marijuana-related stories; lobbies state and federal legislators to permit the medical use of marijuana and to reject recent attempts to treat minor marijuana offenses more harshly; and serves as the umbrella group for a national network of citizen activists committed to ending marijuana prohibition. Also in Washington, hundreds of students from all over the US gather for the "Student Leaders in Drug Policy and Justice Conference–The DARE Generation Speaks Out", hosted by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (www.ssdp.org), November 10 and 11, 2001. Ranging from high-school age to all levels of university, kids and young adults packed the rooms at George Washington University, listening to numerous freethinkers, politicians, and drug war reform advocates. Organized by SSDP National Director Shawn Heller, with the help of Carolyn Lunman and other SSDP volunteers, the rooms were filled with eager, attentive, youths all trying to figure out ways for abolishing the war on some drugs and users. Topics covered in lectures and breakaway classes included the Higher Education Act of 1998, whic...
