NJ: Local women in pro-marijuana fashion photo

NORML Women and PotCouture.com

A recent photo for the national NORML Women’s Alliance and potcouture.com features two New Jersey women who work in marijuana reform. Anne Davis the executive director of NORML-NJ and Diane Fornbacher from the Coalition for Medical Marijuana NJ appeared in the high-fashion photo.They joined Margot and Pepper the editors of PotCouture.com, music star Greta Gaines from Tennessee NORML, Shaleen Title from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) and Sabrina Fendrick from national NORML in Washington DC.The voice of women has become key to the efforts of Prop 19 in California. The ballot initiative would legalize, tax and regulate recreational marijuana.In a statement released with the photo last week Pepper said, “There’s still this idea that supporters of marijuana reform are on the fringes of society, but that’s just not the case. Marijuana is as mainstream as it gets, and these women are proof.”Diane Fornbacher agreed that it was important to show that women are leading the effort to legalize marijuana. She’s been working on medical marijuana in New Jersey for more than a decade and has also been active in Philadelphia.“We are the real deal. Day in and day out, we have committed our lives to changing cannabis laws,” Fornbacher said from her home in South Jersey.“People need to be aware that supporters of the marijuana movement defy the ‘stoner’ generalization. We are intelligent, articulate and beautiful members of society.”The photo has already garnered some serious attention on Salon.com, in the Bay Citizen and NBC. The professional shoot was a volunteer effort from the photographer to the stylists and the studio.More about the photo with high-resolution versions and behind-the-scenes images:http://potcouture.com/activate/2010/10/19/norml-womens-alliance-potcouturecom-photo-shoot.htmlhttp://blog.norml.org/2010/10/20/norml-women-campaign-for-cannabis-in-high-style/NORML Women’s Alliance: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=8059 NORML-NJ: www.normlnj.orgCMMNJ: www.cmmnj.org

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