Texas Democrats believe that marijuana should be decriminalized — so strongly, in fact, that decriminalization made it onto their party platform this year. Texas Democrats affirmed their commitment to sound drug policy while simultaneously denouncing the erroneously titled “War on Drugs,” which has led to high incarceration rates but very little in the way of [...]
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Chicago may decriminalize marijuana to free up police to focus on real crime. Chicago police make about 23,000 arrests each year for possession of the drug, a misdemeanor which nevertheless carries stiff punishment of up to six mont... Read Post
A legislative effort to reduce marijuana arrests by decriminalizing possession that is in "public view" appears to have failed in New York. The bill had passed the Democratic controlled State Assembly after being recently endorsed b... Read Post
Thirty-six years after then-candidate Jimmy Carter campaigned on the decriminalization of marijuana, federal drug policy hasn’t softened much at all, to the dismay of former Carter drug policy advisor Dr. Peter Bourne. In a rare int... Read Post