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Cannabis Media & Organizations Reports On Latest Cannabis Congressional Committe, “Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform”

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Chairman Nadler Statement for the Subcommittee Hearing on “Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform”. but its criminalization is a relatively recent phenomenon. In my view, applying criminal penalties, with their attendant collateral consequences for marijuana offenses is unjust and harmful to our society.

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Tasmanian Parliament – Questions Put To State Govt On Drug Law Enforcement

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Have you or previous police ministers indicated to the police that you would like to see more prosecutions and less diversions and, if you haven’t, how do you explain this dramatic reduction in an effective way of removing people from a criminal pathway? Those figures are with Department of Justice and Courts.

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