Drug Possession: Kassandra Frederique: Advocating Against Unlawful Marijuana Arrests in New York
Drug Possession: Kassandra Frederique: Advocating Against Unlawful Marijuana Arrests in New York
Take Action: bit.ly Kassandra Frederique is a Policy Coordinator at the Drug Policy Alliance. Kassandra’s work focuses on ending unlawful marijuana arrests in New York State. Although private possession of marijuana was decriminalized in New York in 1977, New York is currently the Marijuana Arrests Capital of the World. Police make these arrests by exploiting a “loophole” in the law. Oftentimes, the police demand that people — usually young people of color — empty their pockets, and when they do, the violation for marijuana possession turns into an arrestable misdemeanor for marijuana in public view.
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