Sentences with phrase «allow marijuana possession»

A less far - reaching proposal in the District of Columbia to allow marijuana possession but not retail sales won nearly 65 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting, unofficial results showed.

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The Oregon and Alaska measures will legalize recreational marijuana possession and usher in state - licensed retail pot shops similar to those that opened this year in Washington state and Colorado, which became the first to allow cannabis use for pleasure under 2012 voter initiatives.

The suit also notes cannabis» wide reach, and says products are finding their way into neighboring states, which do not allow recreational marijuana sales or possession.

The Conservative government is looking at softening Canada's marijuana laws by allowing police to write tickets for small - scale possession cases instead of laying charges.

On a technicality they were allowed to play in the game, even though marijuana had been found in their possession.

New York has decriminalized marijuana possession and allows it for medicinal use.

While federal law still makes the possession, production and sale of marijuana a crime, Holder's announcement means the Justice Department won't file lawsuits against state laws in Colorado and Washington that allow people to possess marijuana for personal use.

Voters in California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada this fall approved referenda on recreational marijuana, joining Oregon, Washington and Colorado in allowing for adult possession of recreational cannabis.

The act would empower the State Liquor Authority with oversight, set the legal age for possession and consumption at 18, and allow legal possession of up to 2 ounces of marijuana.

«Softer» drugs like marijuana are allowed for medicinal use, and possession for non-licensed individuals may result in a misdemeanor rather than a felony, but even for marijuana there's a mandatory minimum sentencing guideline.

Many believe that with leniency towards simple possession of small amounts of marijuana being allowed, the authorities will bend over backwards to prosecute other drug offences (including drugging and driving) even more vigorously.