Sentences with phrase «on marijuana possession»

Investigators from the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force interviewed Redzepagic on Feb. 2 and 3, after Suffolk police arrested him on a marijuana possession charge.

Questions in the off - topic portion of the Q&A included the role of Mayor de Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray, and her having City staff, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos» criticism of de Blasio's involvement in recent senate elections, whether de Blasio supports a tax on grocery bags, an update on the recent change in NYPD practice on marijuana possession, why the average person should care about conditions on Rikers Island (an on - topic question, but posed during this off - topic portion of the press conference), whether de Blasio is troubled by Al Sharpton's tax troubles, what the expected executive action President Obama on immigration will mean for the City, an update on the City's municipal ID program, preparations for a rally being organized by Al Sharpton upon the completion of the Ferguson grand jury, a possible mail - in response for marijuana summonses and whether mayor supports regulating costumed characters in Times Square.

NYPD Police Commissioner William Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a dramatic change to the NYPD's policy on marijuana possession...

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Even if travelers manage to sneak some pot on board, they should consider the local laws of their destination, where marijuana possession might be illegal.

In California on November 8, voters chose yes on Proposition 64 — a bill to legalize the recreational use, possession, cultivation, and sale of marijuana.

In Nevada on November 8, voters chose yes on Question 2 — a bill to legalize the recreational use, possession, cultivation, and sale of marijuana.

Defense: Bhakta lives on the WhistlePig premises and says that possession of small amounts of marijuana is not a crime.

In Massachusetts on November 8, voters chose yes on Question 4 — a bill to legalize the recreational use, possession, cultivation, and sale of marijuana.

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

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.»

Former Minnesota Golden Gophers wide receiver A.J. Barker was arrested Sunday night in Houston, Texas, on suspicion of marijuana possession, according to court records obtained by the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

4 - Star WR James Robinson was cited for marijuana possession on his Ohio State visit last weekend.

Bell was suspended for the first three games of last season (later reduced to two) for a violation of the policy on substances of abuse after he was arrested for marijuana possession and DUI in the summer of 2014.

Boykin was taken into custody on possession of marijuana and public intoxication charges, according to Dallas County Jail records obtained by the Dallas Star - Telegram.

After Georgia won its first SEC title in 20 years, nine players were found to have hocked their title rings on eBay, and five players were arrested for marijuana possession.

A 35 - year - old Orland Park man was charged with possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia after 5.9 grams of marijuana and two glass marijuana pipes were discovered during an April 22 traffic stop on the 17900 block of LaGrange Road.

The Manhattan District Attorney's office will no longer prosecute marijuana possession and smoking cases, with limited exceptions that might pose a threat to public safety beginning in August, Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. announced on May 15.

When City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D - Jackson Heights) criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration for the large number of marijuana possession arrests made on his watch and advocated for legalizing medical marijuana, he said he was not dismissing the drug's ill effects.

«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.

What: Ticketed for marijuana possession and speeding on his way to the Capitol in 2013.

Under legislation sponsored by Brooklyn Councilman Stephen Levin, Police Commissioner James O'Neill would be required to submit a report on the number of marijuana possession enforcement actions within 25 days of the end of each quarter to the Council and post it to the NYPD's website five days after that time.

Katz, a veterinarian, was pulled over by the state police on the Thruway outside Albany in March and ticketed for speeding and marijuana possession.

Republican Assemblyman Steve Katz, who was busted on pot possession charges in March, has joined up with California venture capital firm The ArcView and hopes to raise $ 10 million for marijuana - related businesses, his spokesman confirmed.

NYC arrested 16,925 people last year for low - level marijuana possession and smoking in public, a decline of only 1 percentage point from the previous year's total of 17,097, even though de Blasio said he would cut down on arrests.

------------------------------- Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 40 year old Gloria Prott of Southhaven on charges of unlawful possession of marijuana, criminal possession of a controlled substance, driving while ability impaired by drugs, speeding at 80 miles an hour in a 55 zone and operating a motor vehicle with an open container of an alcoholic beverage, following a traffic stop on State Highway 17 in the Town of Hancock.

Another item Cuomo was unable to deliver on was his promise to reduce penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.

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.

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.

He had to give up on a push to decriminalize public possession of smaller amounts of marijuana.

She told Forbes that marijuana was a «racial justice issue» since so many people of color are jailed on possession charges.

The two highest - profile items left to do: Deciding on the limits of releasing teacher performance evaluations and Cuomo's proposal to decriminalize public possession of small amounts of marijuana.

In Part 1 of his weekly «Mondays with the Mayor» interview on NY1, Mayor de Blasio talks to Errol Louis about combating bad behavior in politics, the city's approach to sexual harassment complaints, and the disproportionate number of blacks and Latinos being arrested for marijuana possession.

City Councilman Daniel Dromm (r.) speaks to the New Visions Democratic Club about enforcement of marijuana possession rules while Gabriel Sayegh (l.), of the Drug Policy Alliance, looks on.

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.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on lawmakers to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in public view.

---------------------- Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 40 - year - old Eric Bowen of Endicott on charges of speeding, operating with a loud exhaust, unlawful possession of marijuana, and criminal possession of a controlled substance, following a traffic stop in the Town of Hancock.

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.

«Persons found to be in possession of this amount of marijuana, 25 grams or less, may be eligible to receive a summons,» Mr. Bratton said today of a new policy outlined in an operations order issued today and taking effect on November 19.

Starting on Nov. 19, people caught with 25 grams or less of marijuana will in most cases receive a summons and a fine ranging from $ 100 and $ 250, rather than being arrested and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession, Bratton said.

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.

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.

«Some of our police officers are making race - based discretionary decisions on who they're going to arrest for low - level marijuana possession,» said Leroy Gadsden, the president of a branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Jamaica, Queens, and the chairman of the criminal justice committee for the statewide N.A.A.C.P. «Therefore, of course, if you're a young, black male, even a female, you're going to feel that you're being targeted when you notice that your white counterparts are not being arrested for the same thing.»

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.

BDS testifies before the New York State Assembly Hearing on Legalizing & Regulating Adult Sale and Possession of Marijuana and its Prospective Effects on Public Health and the Criminal Legal System.

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.

Illegally using, possessing, or being under the influence of a controlled substance or marijuana, on school property or at a school function, including having such substance on a person in a locker, vehicle, or other personal space; selling or distributing a controlled substance or marijuana, on school property; finding a controlled substance or marijuana, on school property that is not in the possession of any person; provided that nothing herein shall be construed to apply to the lawful administration of a prescription drug on school property.

(Mont.) Schools in Montana are reevaluating drug - free enforcement policies after a judge dismissed a marijuana possession charge filed against a student and ordered restrictions on the use of drug - sniffing dogs.

I do believe that violent criminals should be kept behind bars, but when poor men (because they mostly are men) are being put behind bars because of possession of marijuana and other minor crimes, it spreads the system too thin and it's unable to focus on the people who should really be away from public.

Bobby Burton, 47, was charged on an outstanding warrant with marijuana possession after police were called to the Christian Service Center's Cold Night program to remove him.

C. Nash smokes after possession of marijuana became legal in Washington state on Dec. 6, 2012.