The leader of the Pittsburgh chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws yesterday said that his organization has "stopped using a modified version" of the Penguins' logo at the request of the NHL, according to Bob Bauder of the PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW. Pittsburgh NORML Exec Dir Patrick Nightingale said the organization received a "cease-and-desist" letter from the league. Bauder notes the logo "was similar" to that of the Penguins, but "showed an image of a skating penguin with a marijuana pipe in one hand and a lighter in the other." The organization "got a similar letter" from the NFL in October because it "used an altered version" of the Steelers' logo that included marijuana leaves (PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 11/18). Nightingale said that the organization "chose a Penguins-themed logo because of the team's regional appeal." Bauder noted Pittsburgh NORML "featured a Steelers look-alike three-leaf logo -- similar to the Steelers' three-hypocycloid logo -- for six years until October" (PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 11/14).
