Sentences with phrase «marijuana prosecutions»

«We understand that law enforcement agencies must continue to be vigilant in marijuana prosecutions when it serves as a source of revenue to criminal enterprises, gangs, cartels and the like.

The change, he said, would reduce marijuana prosecutions in the borough from roughly 5,000 per year to about 200.

You have the Brooklyn and Manhattan district attorneys amid marijuana prosecution policy shifts, with the City Council urging those shifts on.

DA Eric Gonzalez's office has moved toward fewer minor marijuana prosecutions, too, aiming to mainly continue with those cases that cause a public nuisance — still a concern for advocates but better than the current system.

According to one analysis by the DA's office, the policy is expected to reduce marijuana prosecutions by 96 percent.

That could reduce marijuana prosecutions from about 5,000 a year in Manhattan to just 200.

In US v Scarmazzo, Justice Oliver Wanger of the United States District Court adopted these words in a medicinal marijuana prosecution case:

Vance said he expects to see a 96 percent decrease in marijuana prosecutions, from about 5,000 per year to about 200.

District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said the marijuana prosecutions will halt starting Aug. 1, other than in cases where there is a clear public safety concern, which, he predicts, will reduce the yearly marijuana prosecutions in Manhattan from 5,000 to 200.

John Lovell of the California Narcotics Officers Association points to one of the reasons to oppose the bill:» Marijuana prosecution will be difficult, if not impossible because sophisticated (drug growers) will use female hemp plants as a buffer (in fields of marijuana), to evade detection,» he said.

Boussoulas admitted buying a.45 calibre Colt handgun illegally, but said it was to protect his family after receiving threats because of his potential involvement as a witness in the marijuana prosecution.