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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.

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.»

I've never been arrested or around marijuana at all except when I arrested someone for possession.

The vast majority of people who are arrested for marijuana possession are of color, while usage of whites is largely at comparable levels, Nixon said.

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.

At the press conference, they called for individuals to receive summonses for low - level marijuana possession instead of being arrested.

At a City Council hearing on Monday, Queens Councilman Rory Lancman, chairman of the Committee on Justice Systems, asked the city's five district attorneys to decline to prosecute individuals who are arrested for low - level marijuana possession for misdemeanors.

At the same time, arrests for marijuana use / possession and admissions to substance use disorder treatment programs have decreased.

Even if his 1948 arrest for marijuana possession and subsequent two months served at a prison farm hardly seem scandalous today, Mitchum never gave off the impression of a glamorous actor putting on airs.

N.F.L. player and New England Patriots safety Darrell Hammond was arrested at the San Jose airport in Costa Rica for possession of Marijuana.

On Wednesday, Seattle's city attorney, a former federal prosecutor, and a city councilman who used to be a police officer all testified in support of a bill that would legalize the sale, possession and delivery of marijuana for adults over 21 years old — and, in theory at least, generate millions of dollars from taxes on the product.

He had also achieved great amounts of success that included securing an acquittal at trial for a client charged with possessing a controlled substance, obtaining a discharge for a client charged with domestic assault when the Crown wanted a conviction and permanent criminal record, and drafting an appeal factum that resulted in the overturning of a conviction for possession of marijuana on grounds that the client's Charter right to speak to a lawyer was violated.

The genesis of Collings» ire was Sullivan's arrest July 13 by rangers at the Cape Cod National Seashore for marijuana possession.

At Kostopolous Law Group, our marijuana possession defense attorneys have years of experience working with clients who have been arrested for having small amounts of marijuana and keeping their criminal records clean.

There is also a misconception that people are not charge or prosecuted for possession marijuana; they are — at an ever increasing rate.

When I look at the court dockets there tends to be a lot of arrests for possession of marijuana and DWI.

If you are facing charges for marijuana possession, manufacture, or trafficking, call All Family Law Group, P.A. at 813-672-1900 or email us to schedule an initial free consultation to discuss your options.