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Here in Denver, however, voters approved an ordinance that makes possession of small amounts of marijuana legal.

These arrests were all made before Jan . 1 , 2011when a law that makes possession of less than an ounce an infraction punishable by a fine, with no court appearance required.

In the mid-1980's, when Pakistan became the first Islamic state to go nuclear, it was still possible to avoid asking the awkward question of whether there was something distinctive about Islamic belief or practice that made possession of nuclear technology especially worrisome.

Most European countries either have adopted policies that make possession of drugs a misdemeanor punishable by a fine or have decriminalized drugs altogether.

The lawsuit claims the state's laws that make possession of marijuana a felony and the act of "visiting a place where marijuana is used" a misdemeanor or a felony have "substantially burdened" the church's exercise of religion -- a violation of the constitutions of Indiana and United States.

Mr. Schwarzenegger signed legislation last month that made possession of an ounce of marijuana an infraction — it had previously been a misdemeanor — punishable by a $100 fine.

About a dozen states have softened their stance on marijuana over the years, including Massachusetts, where voters passed a ballot initiative in 2008 that made possession of less than one ounce a civil offense punishable by a $100 fine.

On April 28th, Mexico's Senate approved, by a vote of 53 to 26, a new law that would make possession of small amounts of drugs both soft and hard legal while stiffening penalties for dealing.

Danny Solis (25th) introduced an ordinance to the City Council that would make possession of small amounts of marijuana a ticketable offense -- leaving offenders to pay a $200 fine versus a misdemeanor charge, the Associated Press reports.

That would make possession of pot no longer an arrestable offense.

It seems only natural that now that Britain decided last week to make possession of a small amount of marijuana a ticketing offense, that its liberal former colony would soon follow suit.