Sentences with phrase «marijuana possession instead»
At the press conference, they called for individuals to receive summonses for low - level marijuana possession instead of being arrested.
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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.
New Yorkers will no longer necessarily be arrested for low - level marijuana offenses, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Commissioner Bill Bratton said today, announcing that in many cases of possession of the drug, police can write a summons instead.
The city has already stopped making arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana, opting to issue desk appearance tickets instead — essentially, a summons to court.
Instead of arresting you, impounding your car, and taking you to jail to await trial (unless you can make bail), the police will now give you a summons for when you must appear in court to answer for the possession of marijuana charge.
Instead of self - congratulations, the justice minister should actually move forward with marijuana legalization, decriminalization of drug possession, bail reform, fixes to court delays, judicial appointments and minimum sentence rollbacks.