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decrim
17 posts
Initiative To Legalize Psilocybin Begins Collecting Signatures
As California gets set to launch its fully legal recreational marijuana market at some point early next year,…
November 6, 2017
Bill Would Allow for Use, Sale and Growth of Pot in St. Louis
A brand new bill proposed earlier in the week would allow for the use, sale and growth of…
October 25, 2017
Will This Southern City Follow Atlanta’s Lead on Drug Reform?
It would be tough to deny that the United States is fast-entering a golden age of cannabis. Yet…
October 17, 2017
Atlanta Mayor Signs Pot Decrim Bill Into Law
A bill decriminalizing marijuana in Atlanta was signed into law today. And then it wasn’t. And then it…
October 11, 2017
Atlanta Is One Vote Away From Decriminalizing Weed
In the wake of a vote that took place earlier this week, it looks as if Atlanta is one vote away…
September 27, 2017
Oregon Is About to Become the First State to Defelonize Hard Drugs
Oregon is an amazing state, and it got even more so last month when its legislature voted to…
August 7, 2017
Weed Finally Decriminalized in New Hampshire
The “Live Free or Die” state just became the last and final one in New England to eliminate…
July 19, 2017
Oregon Is Not Decriminalizing All Drugs, But It Should
Although a number of reports have surfaced this week suggesting that Oregon is about to “decriminalize” the possession…
July 11, 2017
Obama Administration Wanted to Decriminalize Marijuana
President Obama’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was on the verge of pushing for nationwide marijuana…
May 31, 2017
Pot Prohibition’s Last New England Holdout Is Decriminalizing
Along with the West Coast, the most liberal and tolerant place for marijuana in America has been New…
May 17, 2017
Time Runs Out on Marijuana Reform Bills in Texas
A bill can be killed in a number of ways—obstruction, feet dragging, amendments, procedural snags or getting talked…
May 15, 2017
Houston’s District Attorney Defends Move to Decriminalize Marijuana
While Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushes his tough-on-weed agenda, one Texas District Attorney is sticking to her decision to…
April 21, 2017
Marijuana Legalization—in Texas? Decrim Success Says, Eventually
A strange thing is happening in Texas. Cities’ experiments with marijuana decriminalization are going forward. A push to…
April 5, 2017
Atlanta Is the Latest Southern City to Push for Pot Decriminalization
Startups, independent bookstores, popping nightlife—Atlanta is cool. Creatives and entrepreneurs and anyone else seeking decent wages and legitimate…
March 30, 2017
State Lawmakers Cancel Local Pot Decriminalization—But It Gets Worse
Conservative Republicans are conservative, to a flaw. Big government is evil and bad and must be shunned at…
March 24, 2017
Texas Lawmaker Files Pot Decrim Bill
On Monday, Texas State Representative Joe Moody, a Democrat from El Paso, proposed a new law downgrading possession…
December 17, 2014
Marijuana Decrim Bill Drafted in Jamaica
Jamaica’s justice minister said Tuesday that legislation has been drafted to decriminalize marijuana on the Caribbean island where…
October 8, 2014