General Kelly Echoes Trump Commitment to Escalating the Drug War DPA: War on Drugs is a War on Immigrants In a speech yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced that the Trump Administration would use marijuana possession as a reason for deporting immigrants. “ICE will continue to use marijuana possession, distribution and convictions as essential […]
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Illinois Set to Decriminalize Marijuana Possession
Illinois is on the verge of becoming the next state to eliminate the criminal penalties associated with the possession of marijuana. Read article here: High Times
Tampa Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession
While Florida still considers any person caught holding a little marijuana a low-level criminal, a number of municipalities across the state have made it their mission in recent months to do away with the penalties associated with minor possession. The most recent is the … Read article here: High Times
NOLA Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession
While Louisiana continues to have some of the fiercest penalties against marijuana possession in the United States, the City of New Orleans hopes to become a positive influence on this antiquated system by showing the rest of the state that it's no longer necessary to… Read article here: High Times
Palm Beach County Votes to Decriminalize Pot Possession
According toWPTV,the Palm Beach CountyCommissioners passed a motion4 to 1 on Tuesday, makingpossession of 20 grams of pot or less acivil infraction. Read article here: High Times
FBI Report: Someone Is Arrested Every 51 Seconds for Marijuana Possession
The success of cannabis legalization across the United States over the past several years has somewhat convinced the American public that the War on Weed is a dying animal. However, thelatest national crimes statisticspublished earlier this week by the FBI rev… Read article here: High Times
Massachusetts SJC: Cops Can’t Stop Drivers Based on Suspicion of Pot Possession
For years, police have used the “suspected of drug possession” excuse as an easy way to pull motorists over in hopes of finding marijuana. But a ruling made earlier this week by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has determined that law enforcement ca… Read article here: High Times
Delaware Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession
Delaware Governor JackMarkellput his seal of approval on a bill earlier this week decriminalizing the possession of marijuana, making Delaware the20thstate in America to eliminate the criminal penalties associated with this offense. Read article here: High Times
Pot Possession Decriminalized In US Virgin Islands
Legislation decriminalizing the possession of one ounce or less of cannabis in the United States Virgin Islands became law this weekend. Read article here: High Times
NYC: Pistol-Whipped for Cannabis Possession
Read the breakdown on the latest use of excessive force by the NYPD. High Times