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It repealed a policy known as "Smoke a joint, lose your license" under which possession of cannabis or any other illegal drug was punished with a mandatory six month driver's license suspension. [14] Under the policy, approximately 149,000 licenses were suspended for non-driving drug offenses from 2011 to 2016, according to Equal Justice Under ...
The Pennsylvania department of drug and alcohol programs formed in July 2012 due to the change in government proposed in Pennsylvania Act 50 in 2010. This department was originally under the department of health but changed to its own organization to focus solely on drug and alcohol-related addictions and problems.
The law made possession a civil violation with a penalty of $25, lower than most city parking tickets. 2014, D.C. voted by ballot Initiative 71 to legalize recreational marijuana possession, cultivation, and transportation; commercial production and sale prohibited. The law went into effect February 26, 2015, following 30 days of congressional ...
Mar. 17—MIFFLINBURG — A Philadelphia woman who was a passenger of a driver charged last month with drug possession, is facing charges of her own, according to state police. Lisa L. Rodriguez ...
Controlled Substances; Long title: An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act and other laws to provide increased research into, and prevention of, drug abuse and drug dependence; to provide for treatment and rehabilitation of drug abusers and drug dependent persons; and to strengthen existing law enforcement authority in the field of drug abuse.
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic ...
The report also advised that harsh laws against cannabis did more harm than good, and recommended the removal of criminal penalties for possession and distribution of small amounts of the drug. [20] These findings were influential in persuading 11 states to decriminalize during the 1970s; however, at the federal level no such policy reforms ...
If Washington Legislature doesn’t agree on drug possession law soon, Pierce County officials say they’ll step up. Here’s what Pierce County intends to do about drug possession if Legislature ...