According to local NBC affiliate WNDU, state police and officials did not confiscate any cannabis products or make any arrests when they delivered the closure notices. For Michigan officials, the path to total compliance will come through visibility and persistence. …
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Oakland Embraces Marijuana Sales. Compton Bans Them. How Is Justice Best Served?
OAKLAND, Calif. — When officers burst into Rickey McCullough’s two-story home in Oakland a decade ago they noted a “strong fresh odor of marijuana.” Mr. McCullough had been growing large amounts of marijuana illegally, the police said. He was arrested …
Read More »Cannabis Decriminalization Leads to Fewer Arrests and No Increase in Teen Use, New Study Reports – News
NFL Player Demetrius Harris Sentenced to Two Days in Jail, Two Years Probation for Weed Charge – News
U.S. Delegation Heads to Portugal to Learn from Countries Drug Decrim
“Portugal’s experiment in decriminalizing all drugs has reduced stigma and normalized harm reduction protocols, which has resulted in exceptional public health outcomes—and the reduction of people incarcerated for low-level drug law offenses. It demonstrates that there is another way to …
Read More »Former Dispensary Owner Robs His Competition, Blames Heroin
Though cannabis has seen tremendous progress in terms of legislative reform and cultural acceptance in America over the last decade, the emerging industry still faces a number of roadblocks on the path to prohibition’s end. One Colorado man has seemingly …
Read More »Sessions: US Prosecutors Won’t Take on Small-Time Cannabis Cases
By Sadie Gurman WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors won’t take on small-time marijuana cases, despite the Justice Department’s decision to lift an Obama-era policy that discouraged U.S. authorities from cracking down on the pot trade in states where the drug …
Read More »Albuquerque City Council Files Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana Possess
In February, the Jackson, MS city council voted unanimously to decriminalize marijuana. Jackson joined Atlanta, Memphis and New Orleans as marijuana reform picks up momentum in southern municipalities. More than 120 million people – or one-third of the U.S. population …
Read More »Ohio: Candidate Kucinich Pledges To Pass Adult-Use Policies, If Elected
At least one of the Democratic candidates looking to become the next governor of Ohio strongly supports marijuana legalization – and is not afraid to say so. Dennis Kucinich, one of six Democrats competing to become the next governor of …
Read More »USPS: An Inside Look at the Black Market Marijuana Shipping Business
Cannabis has been under strict federal prohibition in the United States for more than a half-century, yet the government has been able to profit tremendously from it — albeit indirectly — via black market shipments made through the United States …
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