Legal Pot Coming Soon? 50-State Marijuana Law Roundup.
Legal Pot Coming Soon? 50-State Marijuana Law Roundup.
In 2010, police in California made 57,262 arrests for marijuana possession. Current law … Police in Colorado made 10,343 arrests for marijuana possession in 2010, costing taxpayers nearly $ 38 million in incarceration, police, judicial and legal expenses.
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Jim Patterson, Andy Vidak push new bill aimed at jails' revolving doors
At a downtown Fresno news conference (video), Patterson and Vidak said that law has been a public-safety disaster because county jails are already overcrowded and aren't designed to handle inmates serving long sentences. If SB 957 is approved, it would …
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Winnipeg police seize ATMs, cocaine in organized crime raid
Multiple people in Winnipeg, Toronto and Vancouver have now been arrested in what law enforcement officials are calling Project Sideshow, a lengthy investigation into organized crime and drug trafficking. Oliver Banayos is facing 12 charges after …
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