class=p1Oregon became the first state to reduce the penalty for marijuana possession in 1973, and that same year, The Shafer Commission recommended that small quantities of marijuana should be legalized. President Richard Nixon ultimately rejected the advice of the commission. But the early 1970s still saw the creation of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law (NORML), a Washington D.C. based lobby dedicated to drug policy reform. The People's Pot Conference, the first political pro-reform conference, Cheech amp;amp; Chong, a comedy duo whose material revolves around drug use and much more. Marijuana had begun to go mainstream. - The Huffington Post
