In July, with the passage of marijuana decriminalization legislation in New Hampshire, every state in the region had either decriminalized or legalized marijuana.
Pie in the Sky 13) Marijuana decriminalization!
The marijuana decriminalization proposal, which Republicans in the Senate resisted last year, remained a sticking point on Monday night.
Whenever we debate similar measures in the U.S. -- marijuana decriminalization, for instance -- many drug-policy makers predict dire consequences.
But Barry, who first supported marijuana decriminalization as mayor in the 1980s, said he would prefer that the council, instead of voters, decide the matter.
She has foolishly linked marijuana decriminalization to a rise in murders and violent crime, lamenting that police have lost a reason to search people.
To create the Task Force on Marijuana Decriminalization and Diversion, the House Judiciary Committee amended a legalization bill sponsored by Del.
The wording explicitly targets "reducing penalties" associated with marijuana possession, meaning that D.C.'s marijuana decriminalization measure passed earlier in the year could also be in jeopardy.
"I don't see any big downside to marijuana decriminalization," said Peter Reuter, a professor of criminology at the University of Maryland who has been skeptical of some of the arguments of the legalization camp.
For 40 years, drug lobbies and pro-drug enthusiasts have pushed for marijuana decriminalization and legalization as a way to open the door to ending the drug war and freeing up other harmful substances.
The platform Perez could not praise quickly enough had been altered to endorse Sanders's economic issues, as well as marijuana decriminalization and the end of a ban on federal money paying for abortion.
