Lobbyists, Politicians to Renew Push for Maryland Marijuana Policy Reform
Lobbyists, politicians to renew push for Maryland marijuana policy reform
The state also had one of the highest per-capita marijuana possession arrest rates, with approximately half a million arrests in 2010, according to the ACLU. But gaining support from the House may prove a challenge. … Simmons said that while he is in …
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Analysis: Can legal marijuana keep its counterculture roots?
In 2012, as summarized in U.S. News and World Report: marijuana offenses accounted for 48.3 percent of all drug arrests, a slight reduction from 49.5 percent in 2011, which itself was the highest rate since before 1995. Most marijuana-related arrests …
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Holder's Latest Lies Obscured by Syria
Holder, in a speech given before the American Bar Association on August 12, 2013, acknowledged that America's rate of incarceration is unprecedented and unjust. Specifically, he said the U.S. prison population was "outsized and unnecessarily large.
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