Sentences with phrase «small amounts of pot»

Just this month, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the Harper government is giving serious thought to more lenient pot laws that would allow cops to ticket anyone caught with small amounts of pot instead of laying charges.

Hayes noted the Democrats are ready to pass a whole raft of incredible important progressive legislation — from a minimum wage increase to decriminalization of public possession of small amounts of pot.

New York has a medical marijuana program and has decriminalized small amounts of pot, but racial disparities in punishment remain even though white people and people of color use the drug at similar rates.

The NYPD is following through on NYC Mayor Nill de Blasio's pledge to stop locking people up for carrying small amounts of pot.

Possession of small amounts of marijuana not in public view was decriminalized in New York State in 1977, but many people, primarily young black and Latino men, were charged with misdemeanors after being caught with small amounts of pot during stop - and - frisks.

Every year, scores of young men and women are killed over relatively small amounts of pot — killed because marijuana is illegal, making it the focus of a vastly profitable and violent black market.

Cuomo says his marijuana plan would correct a «blatant inconsistency» in the law that treats the private possession of small amounts of pot — 25 grams or less — as a violation, while the public display of weed carries misdemeanor charges.

If you want to talk more, I'll see you next year,» he told Republicans, who have also blocked his plan to decriminalize small amounts of pot, during the broadcast.

Oskar Blues, meanwhile, named its Session IPA «Pinner» — slang for a tightly rolled joint with small amounts of pot.

Even when a prison term ends, the consequences of a felony conviction, even for a small amount of pot, can be devastating.

She says last year the issue got bogged down over the measure to decriminalize public possession of small amounts of pot.

BROOKLYN — Members of the Brooklyn District Attorney's team are currently poring over «hundreds» of old low - level marijuana arrests and tickets, deciding which will be tossed out as part of the department's plan to decline to prosecute many people caught with small amounts of pot, District Attorney Kenneth Thompson told DNAinfo New York.

Later, the city adopted a similar policy — ordering cops to issue summonses rather than arrests for possession of small amounts of pot.