Marijuana: Kalamazoo Next for a Lowest Law Enforcement Priority Initiative
Work is getting underway in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on getting an initiative making adult marijuana possession offenses the lowest law enforcement priority on the ballot, the Kalamazoo Gazette reported...
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Marijuana: Pot Prohibition Causes Harm While Not Achieving Goals, Report Finds
Marijuana prohibition has not achieved its goals, but has inflicted significant costs on society and individuals, a pair of University of Washington researchers concluded in a report released last...
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Feature: Seattle Hempfest Bigger Than Ever in 2009, But Gaining Critics
Somewhere around 300,000 people converged on the Seattle waterfront Saturday and Sunday to attend the 19th annual Seattle Hempfest, the world's largest marijuana "protestival," as organizers like to...
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Marijuana: Denver to Move to $1 Fine for Pot Possession?
Denver could soon see a maximum $1 fine -- the lowest in the country -- for simple marijuana possession. The city's Marijuana Policy Review Panel voted 6-2 Wednesday to recommend that the city do just...
View ArticleGroup Turns in Petitions to Make Marijuana the "lowest possible priority" for...
Voters in Kalamazoo, MI are one step closer to deciding the way law enforcement deals with the possession of small amounts of marijuana in the city. The Kalamazoo Coalition for Pragmatic Cannabis Laws...
View ArticleMontana Marijuana Prosecution Runs into Jury Pool "Mutiny"
No way would they convict someone of possessing a 16th of an ounce of marijuana, member after member of a Missoula County jury pool told a stunned judge and prosecutor last week. As a result, the...
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Make Nonviolent Marijuana Offenses the Lowest Police Priority (Action Alert)
Dear Friends,On March 15, a new report was released on the steps of New York City Hall documenting the crushing costs of the 50,383 marijuana possession arrests that occurred in 2010 in that city...
View ArticleMarijuana "Lowest Priority" Initiative Advances in Maine City
A municipal initiative that would make adult marijuana possession the lowest law enforcement priority in Portland, Maine, has handed in enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, organizers...
View ArticlePortland, ME, Marijuana Initiative Dies… For Now
A Portland, Maine, campaign that aimed to put an initiative making marijuana possession the lowest law enforcement priority on this year's November ballot is over, stymied by its failure to collect...
View ArticleKalamazoo Passes Marijuana Lowest Priority Initiative
Voters in Kalamazoo, Michigan, overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative making the use or possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults the lowest law enforcement priority. The measure passed...
View ArticleTacoma Passes Lowest Priority Marijuana Initiative
Voters in Tacoma, Washington, overwhelmingly approved an initiative Tuesday directing the city to make adult marijuana possession offenses the lowest law enforcement priority. The measure passed by a...
View ArticleCharlottesville Says Decriminalize or Regulate Marijuana
The Charlottesville, Virginia, city council approved a marijuana-related resolution Monday night calling on the governor and the legislature "to revisit the sentencing guidelines that merit jail terms...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Ally Wins Oregon AG Race
In an Oregon primary election where medical marijuana was a prominent campaign issue, former judge and ally of the state's medical marijuana community Ellen Rosenblum came from behind to decisively...
View ArticleFlint (MI), Springfield (MO) Marijuana Petitions Turned In
Voters in two Midwest cities may have the opportunity to vote on marijuana law reforms this November. Advocates of a Flint, Michigan, initiative that would legalize the possession of up to an ounce by...
View ArticleDrug Policy in the 2012 Elections I: The Initiatives [FEATURE]
The Labor Day weekend has passed, summer is behind us, and the November elections are just two months away. When it comes to drug policy and the 2012 elections, there is plenty on the table. This week,...
View ArticleBlacks Targeted in Wasteful War on Marijuana, ACLU Finds
Black Americans are nearly four times more likely to get busted for marijuana possession than white ones, even though both groups smoke pot at roughly comparable rates, the ACLU said in a report...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- January 8, 2014
East Coast governors speak against marijuana legalization, but DC voters may get a chance to have their own voices heard; a new report on Obamacare's implications for drug reform is out; the DEA is...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- February 10, 2014
State legislatures are busy with drug policy issues, particularly marijuana and medical marijuana, a Texas grand jury refuses to indict a man who killed a cop in a no-knock drug raid, Mexican...
View ArticleMexico Marijuana and Drug Reform Bills Filed [FEATURE]
Late last week, lawmakers in Mexico City filed two bills that would begin to radically transform the country's approach to drugs. One was introduced in the Mexico City legislative assembly and one in...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- June 26, 2014
It's UN anti-drug day, and protests to mark it are going on in at least 80 cities around the world, House Republicans move to block DC decrim, the Oregon legalization initiative looks set to make the...
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