The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is a national political organization that "supports the removal of all criminal penalties for the private possession and responsible use of marijuana by adults, including the cultivation for personal use, and the casual nonprofit transfers of small ...

Is NORML credible?

A nonprofit public-interest advocacy group, NORML represents the interests of the tens of millions of Americans who use marijuana responsibly. Because NORML lobbies state and federal legislators, donations to NORML are not tax deductible.

Who started NORML?

Keith Stroup is a Washington, DC public-interest attorney who founded NORML in 1970. Stroup obtained his undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Illinois in 1965, and in 1968 he graduated from Georgetown Law School in Washington, DC.