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Breckenridge Approves Legalization Of Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political News on November 4, 2009
Residents of the ski resort town of Breckenridge voted to legalize adult possession of marijuana on Tuesday. Voters passed Measure 2F by a margin of 73 percent. It allows adults over 21 years old to possess up to an ounce of marijuana.
NORML.ORG US MI: The High Cost of Toking
Posted by admin in Political News on November 1, 2009
Trevor entered the Grand Traverse County probate court system for possession of marijuana at the age of 14. He was in and out of court-ordered drug rehabilitation for 15 months. His treatment and court fines added up to $53,054…
H.R. 2943: Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults
Posted by admin in Political News on October 16, 2009
A bill in the U.S. Congress: To eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use, and for other purposes.
Drug War Racism
Posted by admin in Political News on September 17, 2009
New York City is the marijuana-arrest capital of the country and maybe the world. Since 1997, according to statistics complied by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, 430,000 people age 16 and older have been pinched in the city for possession of marijuana, often for quantities as little as a joint…
Opinion | Time for Washington state to decriminalize marijua
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on August 21, 2009
The Washington Legislature should enact Senate Bill 5615, which would reclassify adult possession of marijuana from a crime to a civil infraction, write guest columnists Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Wells, D-Seattle, and former state Rep. Toby Nixon, R-Kirkland.
The Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2
Posted by admin in Political News on August 9, 2009
H.R. 2943 would eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use.
H.R. 2943: Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults A
Posted by admin in Political News on July 18, 2009
A bill in the U.S. Congress: To eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use, and for other purposes.
Houston police mum on marijuana prisoner’s death
Posted by admin in World News on June 23, 2009
A woman serving a short sentence in a Houston, Texas, jail for possession of marijuana died in custody over the weekend, and officers are not saying how or why. Even the woman’s mother has been blocked from seeing her daughter’s body and the Harris County Sheriff’s Department has refused to speak with her, she claimed. -=W/ VIDEO=-
Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009
Posted by admin in Political News on June 23, 2009
To eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use, and for other purposes. (OpenCongress.org)
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