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U.S Washington, D.C., considers bill to decriminalize marijuana
    #18540705 - 07/10/13 06:54 PM (10 years, 10 months ago)



Currently, possession of any amount of marijuana in Washington, D.C., is punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

Even the nation’s capital is considering going soft on pot.

Washington, D.C.’s city council will vote on a measure that would decriminalize the possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, making it a civil violation punishable with a fine of $100.

At a news conference, Councilmember Tommy Wells, chairman of the council's Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, noted a recent American Civil Liberties Union report that marijuana arrests in the nation’s capital are more than three times the national average and that African-Americans in the District are eight times more likely to be arrested for pot possession than whites.

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Under current laws in the capital, possession of any amount of marijuana is a crime punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000. Marijuana rights advocates said the Washington measure is too long in coming.

"The District's current policy of arresting and prosecuting thousands of adults for marijuana possession each year is doing far more harm than good," Morgan Fox, communications manager for the Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project, said in a news release. "Nobody should face life-altering criminal penalties simply for possessing a substance that is objectively less harmful than alcohol, and law enforcement officials' time and attention would be better spent addressing serious crimes.

"It is time to adopt a more sensible marijuana policy in our nation's capital, and that is what Councilman Wells has proposed," Fox said.

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While jail time and large fines would be a thing of the past for residents under 18 caught with less than an ounce of pot, minors would be required to attend a drug and alcohol awareness program. Seventeen states in the nation have passed simiar laws decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Seventy-five percent of Washington residents support the basic guidelines of the new measure, a Public Policy Polling survey taken in April found.

Among those co-sponsoring the new measure is Councilmember Marion Barry, the city’s former mayor who served six months in federal prison after his arrest for smoking crack cocaine.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/washington-decriminalize-pot-possession-article-1.1395159#ixzz2Yh5LcPPJ

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Re: U.S Washington, D.C., considers bill to decriminalize marijuana [Re: BlackWidow]
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    #18541291 - 07/10/13 08:44 PM (10 years, 10 months ago)

progress...


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    #18543805 - 07/11/13 12:22 PM (10 years, 10 months ago)

I have a love/hate relationship with weed, but legalize it for fuck sake, let people expand their goddamn minds some more and maybe the world would be a better place.


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