Snoop Dogg arrested on marijuana possession charge
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested over the weekend after border control agents found what they said was a small amount of marijuana on his tour bus. The singer and record...
View ArticleNew York police officers defy order to cut marijuana arrests
Survey shows nearly half of people charged with marijuana posession were not displaying the drug when they were stopped. Police officers in New York are “manufacturing” criminal offenses by forcing...
View ArticleAmerica’s 2011 drug war tally: One marijuana arrest every 42 seconds
New numbers released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting Program show that nearly half of all drug arrests in 2011 were marijuana-related, and of those arrests...
View ArticleTeen who asked judge for a joint says he’ll ‘cut back’ on pot
An Ohio teen who sparked headlines from coast to coast when he asked a judge if he could have one last joint before going to jail was convicted Monday of marijuana possession, but acquitted on an...
View ArticleCuomo pushes marijuana decriminalization after court ends ‘stop and frisk’
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Wednesday that his top priorities in 2013 will include the decriminalization of marijuana possession, one of the most frequent crimes committed in the state that...
View ArticleBloomberg: No night in jail for those caught with marijuana
Billionaire New York mayor Michael Bloomberg promised eye-catching changes Thursday for his last days in office, including reduced penalties for marijuana possession and a ban on Styrofoam cups....
View ArticleNYC’s Mayor Bloomberg: No more automatic jail time for pot possession
New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced in a speech on Thursday that he is eliminating mandatory jail time for people arrested with small amounts of marijuana. Arrests for marijuana...
View ArticleNYPD spent one million hours arresting marijuana users: report
Could New York hold the record for most pot possession arrests? A new report out Tuesday said police there spent about a million hours taking offenders into custody between 2002 and 2012. The findings...
View ArticleUniversity of Texas students want campus police to let up on marijuana arrests
The University of Texas Student Government will vote on a bill Tuesday night that would ask campus police to issue citations for marijuana possession offenses instead of making arrests. KVUE-TV in...
View ArticleWashington lawmakers quietly approve bill to re-criminalize some marijuana...
Lawmakers in the Washington House and Senate quietly passed a bill over the weekend that will re-criminalize some marijuana possession, reacting to warnings from the state’s crime lab that the current...
View ArticleWashington, D.C. officials eye marijuana decriminalization
A bill being introduced to the Washington, D.C. city council this week aims to eliminate all criminal penalties for minor marijuana possession offenses, in hopes of altering the course of a city with...
View ArticleDEA raids pot shops in state where marijuana is legal
The Drug Enforcement Administration swooped in on several medical marijuana storefronts in Washington on Wednesday, despite the state’s law allowing marijuana possession. Raids took place in Pierce,...
View ArticleDecriminalized? Pot possession now a ticketable offense in California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday signed into law a change to California’s marijuana laws that some describe as a reduction of criminal penalties and others are describing as being effectively...
View ArticleCity attorney, Pulitzer-winning Seattle paper call for marijuana legalization
Last year, many hopeful drug reform advocates expected California to be the first state to officially overturn the prohibition of marijuana. But after Prop. 19′s failure on the state-wide ballot at the...
View ArticleLawsuit accuses Chicago police of wrongly arresting and beating man
A man who was allegedly beaten by Chicago police officers has filed a federal lawsuit for excessive force, assault, battery, wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution. The Chicago Tribune reported that...
View ArticleMissouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s son cited for marijuana possession
The 21-year old son of Democratic Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was issued a citation for possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana early Saturday. “This is a private matter that will be handled through...
View ArticleWashington state Democrats back marijuana legalization initiative
Washington state Democrats passed a resolution on Saturday to endorse Initiative 502, which would legalize the production and distribution of marijuana for sale to adults 21 and over through...
View ArticleSnoop Dogg arrested on marijuana possession charge
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested over the weekend after border control agents found what they said was a small amount of marijuana on his tour bus. The singer and record...
View ArticleNew York police officers defy order to cut marijuana arrests
Survey shows nearly half of people charged with marijuana posession were not displaying the drug when they were stopped. Police officers in New York are “manufacturing” criminal offenses by forcing...
View ArticleMissouri Democrat busted for marijuana possession
A Missouri Democrat was arrested on Sunday after police officers discovered marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his car. State Rep. Jeremy LaFaver (D-Kansas City) was pulled over by police for failing...
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