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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?
(Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Sunday July 20 2014, @02:49PM
Given the way things are progressing, with dissatisfaction with the status quo spiking, I would expect the powers-that-be to legalize drugs post-haste so they can continue their mass theft for a few years more while the oppressed and depressed majority gets stoned and drops out. Cable TV and Walmart credit cards don't hold the diversionary power they once did.
Washington DC delenda est.