Sentences with phrase «small amounts of marijuana not»

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

The Legal Aid Society is seeking an injunction compelling the NYPD to enforce a directive reminding officers that they may not arrest someone on a misdemeanor marijuana charge if they find small amounts of the drug in their clothing.

A bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana appears dead for the legislative session, now that Republicans in the Senate say they won't be acting on the bill.

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.

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

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Senate majority leader Dean Skelos said Wednesday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to reduce the state penalty for public possession of a small amount of marijuana won't pass his chamber.

Under the law, people can not be arrested for possessing small amounts of marijuana — less than 25 grams — unless they publicly display it.

«We failed to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana... we're not seeing sentencing reform in here and we are no seeing funding to try to work on the speedy trial crisis in this state.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to the airwaves this morning to criticize Senate Republicans for not backing his plan to reduce charges for carrying small amounts of marijuana.

People with chronic pain who aren't getting enough relief from medications may be able to ease their pain by smoking small amounts of marijuana, a new study suggests.

But the exact consequences of the small amount of marijuana that makes it to a baby aren't yet clear.

«Question 2's passage not only authorizes the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana, but also establishes a parallel civil regulatory structure that does not currently exist,» she said in a statement.

With new marijuana laws coming into effect in some states, police officers won't be tasked as often with seizing small amounts of pot from citizens.

The driver, while not impaired at the time, was found to have been in possession of a small amount of marijuana although it he did not actually have it on his person at the time of the accident.

The «war on drugs» escalated in the»80s, and police tactics became increasingly aggressive — not just against gangs and drug traffickers, but against people keeping small amounts of marijuana for their own use.