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New York City police officers are to cease making misdemeanor marijuana arrests in [...]

Police made 853,838 arrests in 2010 for marijuana-related offenses, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The arrest total is among the highest ever reported by the agency and is nearly identical to the total number of cannabis-related arrests reported in 2009.
According to the report, marijuana arrests now comprise [...]

Criminal laws are not an effective way to control marijuana; removing criminal penalties does not lead to increased use; decriminalization creates savings in law enforcement.
The great divide between politicians and the people is showing itself in Cal…

Pro­po­nents and op­po­nents of Cal­i­for­nia’s Con­trol and Tax Cannabis mar­i­jua­na le­gal­iza­tion ini­tia­tive, now known of­fi­cial­ly as Propo­si­tion 19, are go­ing af­ter the African Amer­i­can vote.

A municipal initiative that would add Fayetteville, Arkansas, to the growing list of cities and counties that have adopted lowest law enforcement priority initiatives for adult marijuana possession offenses appears headed to the November ballot after organizers handed in nearly 1,000 new signatures.

For the first time in decades, a marijuana decriminalization bill is before the Congress. Introduced by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) in April 2008, the Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults (H.R. 5843) got its coming out party Wednesday [July 30, 2008] as Frank, a handful of other representatives, and [...]

Nearly 400,000 New Yorkers have been arrested for carrying small amounts of marijuana, the vast majority of them black or brown.