Colorado Appeals Court Says Marijuana Law Can Be Used to Challenge …
Colorado Appeals Court Says Marijuana Law Can Be Used to Challenge …
The decision by the Colorado Court of Appeals stemmed from a 2010 drug case in which a woman from the mountains west of Denver was convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana and a concentrated form of the drug — both of which are now legal …
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Legal weed's race problem: White men get rich, black men stay in prison
Meanwhile, many of the more than 210,000 people who were arrested for marijuana possession in Colorado between 1986 and 2010 according to a report from the Marijuana Arrest Research Project, remain behind bars. … “In many ways the imagery doesn't sit …
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Man accused of drug-dealing now facing federal charges too
BENNINGTON — A Bronx, N.Y., man who is facing charges that he was part of a conspiracy for about two and a half years to bring drugs into Vermont and sell them in Rutland, Castleton and Bennington, was arrested Wednesday at the Bennington County …
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The Town that Turned Poverty into a Prison Sentence
Although the car belonged to the man she was driving, she was also ticketed for an expired tag, no proof of insurance, and possession of drug paraphernalia after the officer found a pipe under the seat. “The car doesn't belong to me, it's not …
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