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Law Enforcement Leaders urge Trump, Sessions not to lock up low-level drug offenders

Law Enforcement Leaders urge Trump, Sessions not to lock up low-level drug offenders

Sara Tiradossi October 19, 2017

The Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime & Incarceration sent a letter to Sessions and Trump on Wednesday urging them not to return the “lock ‘em up” crime-fighting policies of the 1980s and...

FBI data shows more cannabis arrests than all violent crimes combined

FBI data shows more cannabis arrests than all violent crimes combined

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 27, 2017

According to 2016 crime data released by the FBI, more people were arrested for cannabis possession than any other violent crime in the United States. Cannabis possession accounted for more than 5...

Study says closing medical cannabis dispensaries increases crime rate

Study says closing medical cannabis dispensaries increases crime rate

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 18, 2017

A new study published in July found closing medical cannabis dispensaries increases crime in the area they formerly occupied. “Contrary to popular wisdom, we find an immediate increase in crime around...

Legalization bill in California reduces cannabis convictions

Legalization bill in California reduces cannabis convictions

May 23, 2017

Since California legalized cannabis for social use in November, thousands of people convicted of cannabis crimes are requesting to get their records reduced. The provisions of Proposition 64, which...

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