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City of Washington D.C. Decriminalizes Cannabis

posted by azrael on Saturday July 19 2014, @08:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the finally-ok-to-inhale dept.

gewg_ writes:

Leafly.com reports:

[On Thursday] the United States' capital, Washington D.C. (not to be confused with the state of Washington, which debuted its retail stores last week), officially decriminalizes cannabis. Under the new law, police officers can no longer demand identification from people caught possessing up to one ounce of cannabis, nor can they arrest people if they simply smell cannabis on them. Instead, they will confiscate any "visible contraband" and issue a ticket with a fine of $25.

Possession of amounts greater than one ounce can still result in arrest and being charged with a crime, but this is still a small victory for D.C. residents, especially blacks, who are being penalized and face having their lives ruined over a small amount of cannabis. Now how's about you look into legalization next, Nation's Capital?

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 19 2014, @05:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 19 2014, @05:44PM (#71267)

    Blacks are arrested and imprisoned at a much higher rate for the same crime, despite similar rates of marijuana use among blacks and whites.

    The More You Know.