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New York City: Still The Marijuana Arrest Capital Of The World

February 2, 2012 | 6 views | No Comments

Low level marijuana arrests in New York City rose for the seventh straight year in 2011 to 50,680. The arrest total is the highest total on record since former pot smoker Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office and it is the second highest total of pot arrests ever recorded in the history of the city (just 587 arrests behind the record holding year 2000, when Mayor Rudolph Giuliani oversaw some 51,267 people arrested for marijuana violations). Shockingly, the near-record high arrest total comes just months after New York City Police Commissioner [...]

Posted in Activism, Law Enforcement, News

Current TV: Marijuana Prohibition In America Examined Tonight

November 28, 2011 | 55 views | No Comments

The award-winning (and totally watchable) Vanguard series from Current TV examines Cannabis Prohibition in America tonight at 9PM (eastern) in ‘The War on Weed’ with not only an obligatory review* of western states’ medical cannabis laws (including California, Colorado and Washington), but, more notable for NORML, is the documentary’s critical review and juxtaposition to the [...]

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New York City: Police Commissioner Calls On Officers To Curb Marijuana Arrests

September 27, 2011 | 3 views | No Comments

[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's media alerts and legislative advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up here. To watch NORML's weekly video summary of the week's top stories, click here.]
New York City police officers are to cease making misdemeanor marijuana arrests in [...]

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NORML To Mayor Bloomberg: Stop Arresting So Many Minorities For Marijuana!

August 4, 2011 | 1 views | No Comments

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, by most all accounts, is one of the most fascinating political characters of the last decade. A self-made billionaire who, with a clear love for his fellow human beings and with great civic pride, chose to effectively become New York City’s mayor for the last nine years—spending more personal wealth than most [...]

Posted in Courts, Law Enforcement, News

Marijuana Can’t Kill, But Marijuana Prohibition Certainly Can

July 19, 2011 | 4 views | No Comments

Today’s New York Times City Blog features an article about a court settlement between New York City and Jamie Rutkowski. Who is Jamie Rutkowski? Until New York City police decided to arrest her for minor cannabis possession—in a city that is supposed to be issuing civil tickets— locking her up in police detention, creating a [...]

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Wilton Pot Bust Tests Feds

August 29, 2010 | 1 views | No Comments

The shift by some states to legalize marijuana is being invoked by a pair of New York City attorneys who are challenging whether a Saratoga County man implicated in a coast-to-coast drug smuggling case should be subjected to severe federal penalties at…

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