NORML is The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, an American non-profit organization based in Washington, DC whose aim is to legalize and tax non-medical marijuana in the U.S. Although, it was technically founded in 1970 by Keith Stroup with funding from the Playboy Foundation, it wasn’t officially recognized until March 2nd, 1971. To honor NORML‘s crusade in the decriminalization of cannabis, we’re making our own contribution with pics of hot chicks posing with big kind buds. See ‘em after the jump!

What’s prop 19, you say? It’s a line item on the California ballot that would legalize various marijuana-related activities. Why should you vote yes? Well, other than weed has major health benefits, is beneficial to the environment, and doesn’t deter you from being successful (just ask Timmy Lincecum who just won the friggin’ World Series last night), COED has 220 sexy reasons.

Simply looking at Websites isn’t going to make you a good activist of any sort. You have to get out there and fight, damnit! Start petitions, write your congressmen, become a lawyer. You know, do stuff! But in order to know where to begin, these nine sites will get you in-the-know and up-to-date with everything that’s happening in the movement to decriminalize and legalize marijuana.

Contrary to what everyone – even potheads – think about marijuana, a new study shows that the drug has “minimal” effects on the brain. Conducted by a team of investigators from the United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Switzerland and Australia, the “systematic literature review” combines 41 different studies from around the world of marijuana’s effect on brain function.