Sentences with phrase «as marijuana possession»

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Since it took office in 2006, arrests for marijuana possession have jumped by some 40 per cent and harsher mandatory penalties have been imposed for growing as few as six plants.

According to a Washington Post investigation, in the last 25 years, arrests for marijuana possession have tripled as a percentage of overall arrests.

There's the report that «Whites and blacks use marijuana at roughly the same rates; on average, however, blacks are 3.7 times more likely than whites to be arrested for possession,» and that «blacks are more than 10 times as likely as whites to go to prison for drug offenses.»

Their research, led by Pennsylvania Governor Raymond Shafer, recommended that not only should marijuana not be categorized as a «Schedule 1» drug, but even suggested that possession should be decriminalized.

NFL — Last night the Steelers got news they didn't want to hear, as both RB's Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount were arrested and charged with marijuana possession after a traffic stop.

Then, last March, drug - sniffing dogs detected marijuana in his possession as he was making his way through the Toronto airport.

If it is a less serious crime, then the lesson graffiti, possession of marijuana or alcohol they are probably going to be given a citation and you as a parent is given a citation and two of you are going to go to court together.

«End the war on pot: We welcome the push to legalize and regulate marijuana» — Daily News Editorial Board: «After many decades of treating as a crime the personal possession and use of a drug that is a negligible threat to public safety, New York is awakening to the folly of — and racial disparities widened by — its approach.

In their report, the organization found that the NYPD made more marijuana possession arrests under de Blasio and former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton from 2015 to 2016 than former Mayor Giuliani and Bratton, who was doing his first stint as the city's top cop at the time, from 1994 to 1996.

Cuomo says his marijuana plan would correct a «blatant inconsistency» in the law that treats the private possession of small amounts of pot — 25 grams or less — as a violation, while the public display of weed carries misdemeanor charges.

But it does not turn over individuals arrested for low - level crimes such as possession of small amount of marijuana or blowing a stoplight without damaging people or property, or even for more serious nonviolent violations like money laundering, grand larceny or harassment.

Some prosecutors» offices also announced changes, including the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, which won't prosecute marijuana possession and smoking cases as of Aug....

in email that while she has voted «to decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana as well as the sale and use of medicinal marijuana,» she does not support legalization, citing «serious concerns about marijuana being a gateway drug» and its potential impact on the adolescent brain.

The mayor often touts his neighborhood policing initiative, a 93 percent drop in the use of stop - and - frisk policing and a decrease in marijuana possession arrests even as critics claim an increase.

De Blasio says New York City is the safest big city in the United States and pointed to overall crime being down, a 93 percent drop in the use of stop and frisk policing, his neighborhood policing initiative and argues that marijuana possession arrests have gone down even as critics note an increase.

Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, who has endorsed Mayor Sheehan, told The Alt in email that while she has voted «to decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana as well as the sale and use of medicinal marijuana,» she does not support legalization, citing «serious concerns about marijuana being a gateway drug» and its potential impact on the adolescent brain.

The governor did not have as much luck convincing Senate Republicans to agree to decriminalize public possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Sayegh said that in 1977 the state classified marijuana possession of 25 grams or less for personal use as a violation.

The report outlines a series of first steps, including holding fewer people on bail; expanding diversion programs for drug offenders and those with mental illness; and changing state law to treat some low - level offenses — like fare - beating, marijuana possession in public view, prostitution and possession of so - called gravity knives — as civil rather than criminal matters.

Cuomo has proposed that public possession of 25 grams or less of marijuana be decriminalized and classified as a violation.

As mayor, de Blasio and his former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton decriminalized — that is, stopped making arrests for — the possession of 25 grams of marijuana or less.

ALBANY — The New York Police Department, the mayor and the city's top prosecutors on Monday endorsed a proposal to decriminalize the open possession of small amounts of marijuana, giving an unexpected lift to an effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to cut down on the number of people arrested as a result of police stops.

Wading into the debate over stop - and - frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York State law that would drastically reduce the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.

These were usually characters from Hanna - Barbera cartoons who had gotten into trouble including Scooby Doo getting busted for marijuana possession, Yogi Bear's offsider Boo Boo being a potential domestic terrorist, and Fred Flintstone up for racketeering charges as the head of an organised crime gang.

The standard HO - 4 policy includes language that payment will not be made for losses «[a] rising out of the use, sale, manufacture, delivery, transfer, or possession by any person of a Controlled Substance (s) as defined by [the FDA...] include but are not limited to... marijuana and all narcotic drugs.

«Industrial Hemp Development Act»; providing for state economy and agricultural industry promotion of industrial hemp by permitting regulated industrial hemp industry development; authorizing industrial hemp as an agricultural product; placing enforcement under commissioner of agriculture; authorizing regulated and lawful industrial hemp agriculture and commercial sales; requiring licensure for cultivation; specifying licensee requirements, compliance and notification requirements; requiring commissioner to promulgate certain rules; requiring fee credit to the industrial hemp account and establishing the account in the agricultural fund; establishing an affirmative defense for possession of marijuana; exempting industrial hemp from the marijuana and wild hemp definitions.

«Industrial Hemp Development Act»; providing for the development and regulation of an industrial hemp industry; defining certain terms; providing for industrial hemp as an agricultural product; requiring licensing; specifying production and notification requirements; requiring rulemaking by the commissioner of commerce; providing for fees; providing an affirmative defense for possession of marijuana; exempting industrial hemp from the marijuana and wild hemp definitions.

SF 826 «Industrial Hemp Development Act»; providing for state economy and agricultural industry promotion of industrial hemp by permitting regulated industrial hemp industry development; authorizing industrial hemp as an agricultural product; placing enforcement under commissioner of agriculture; authorizing regulated and lawful industrial hemp agriculture and commercial sales; requiring licensure for cultivation; specifying licensee requirements, compliance and notification requirements; requiring commissioner to promulgate certain rules; requiring fee credit to the industrial hemp account and establishing the account in the agricultural fund; establishing an affirmative defense for possession of marijuana; exempting industrial hemp from the marijuana and wild hemp definitions.

As you may know, Congress passed the Controlled Substance Act in 1970, which made the possession, use, and distribution of marijuana a federal crime.

For example, it is very common for people to take «time served» on a misdemeanor charge, such as possession of marijuana.

The judge stated that while she felt these two members were sincere in their beliefs about the spiritual power of marijuana, and that the prohibition against pot possession limited their freedom of religion, laws against possession and trafficking were reasonable limits on their religious freedoms (as per Section 1 of the Charter).

As Vancouver Criminal Lawyers we have extensive experience defending all drug charges, from Simple Possession of Marijuana to Trafficking of Cocaine and Heroin.

American border officials treat a drug conviction as a «crime of moral turpitude», whcih makes a person inadmissible into the U.S. Therefore it is imperative to avoid a conviction when charged, even it is for the possession of a single joint of marijuana.

Our Georgia criminal defense attorneys, working with our Atlanta criminal defense lawyer — represents clients throughout the state of Georgia in felony and misdemeanor charges such as: theft by shoplifting, possession of marijuana / drugs, simple battery, aggravated assault, probation revocation, bond hearings, obstruction, robbery, rape, domestic violence, disorderly conduct, forgery and more.

Even if you are facing a relatively minor charge such as possession of a small amount of marijuana, you could lose your cash and, if the charges are more serious, you could even lose your home if it is considered to be proceeds of the crime you have been charged with.

If you or someone you know has been charged with marijuana possession in Illinois you should contact an experienced defense lawyer as soon as possible.

Illinois is making national headlines as it moves toward the legalization of possession, use, and growth of marijuana in the state.

«Some people think that if they get arrested for a drug offense, such as trafficking in a controlled substance or possession of marijuana, that their goose is cooked.

Drug Charges range from less serious ones like marijuana possession to much more serious drug charges, such as possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, importing and exporting drugs, marijuana grow ops, and trafficking drugs.

For example, as criminal lawyers in San Jose we have represented clients in Santa Clara County who have faced life in prison for three - strike cases; two - strike cases; serious or violent felonies, i.e., attempted murder, car - jacking, robbery, first degree burglary, gang - related stabbings; child pornography sex offenses requiring mandatory lifetime sex offender registration; child molestation, felony possession of methamphetamine for sale; felony possession of marijuana for sale, weapons offenses and many more.

It is important to note that as a general proposition, marijuana possession and use is still very much illegal in Georgia despite the laws in our progressive sister states.

In this Township, as with many others across the country, individuals are occasionally charged with marijuana possession, or even worse with the possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute.

As the «chat» continued, Grant eventually admitted to being in possession of a small amount of marijuana and a firearm.

As a New Jersey DWI defense attorney, my law offices have a vast amount of experience handling a wide variety of drunken driving, marijuana possession in a vehicle, and drug DUI cases throughout the Garden State.

The standard HO - 4 policy includes language that payment will not be made for losses «[a] rising out of the use, sale, manufacture, delivery, transfer, or possession by any person of a Controlled Substance (s) as defined by [the FDA...] include but are not limited to... marijuana and all narcotic drugs.