Posts Tagged public safety

Police Magazine Runs Pro-Marijuana-Legalization Op-Ed by Cop

We like to remind people that our critique of the drug war is not about the freedom to get high. It is about improving public safety by implementing policies that will start to reverse decades of prohibition’s legacy – our nation awash in drugs and…

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

No Comments

Marijuana legalization: Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s opposition t

Her opposition to California’s pot legalization ballot initiative ignores the public safety provisions written into the proposed law. Apparently Feinstein believes that California’s present pot prohibition, which was initially enacted in 1913 yet has d…

, , , , , , , ,

No Comments

Marijuana Milestone: First Vote in 100 Years to End Marijuan

Lawmakers on the California Assembly, Committee on Public Safety, voted 4 to 3 today in favor of Assembly Bill 390: The Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act — which seeks to legalize the production, distribution, and personal use of marijuana for adults age 21 and older.

, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

No Comments

Police Focus on Marijuana a Danger to Public Safety

A frequent claim made by opponents of marijuana policy reform is that hardly anybody is ever really arrested for low-level marijuana offenses. But like most prohibitionist arguments, that’s a lie.

, , , ,

No Comments