All posts tagged "police"

In The Magazine

Freetown Christiania: Copenhagen’s Greenlight District

Luce and Stephanie Belland can’t believe the size of the joint being rolled at the picnic...

Legal

D.C. Police Chief Admits Decriminalization Makes Job Easier

There’s a quiet war currently underway in our nation’s capital between District lawmakers and the legion...

Politics

All Over America Police Are Being Ordered To Return Seized Cannabis To Medical Marijuana Patients

While there once was a time that any seized pot was thought to be destroyed (or...

Joint Opinions

Survey Shows Majority of Police Officers Support Marijuana Policy Reform

Though not conducted with the methodological rigor of the Pew poll that came out this week showing 54...

Politics

Research Confirms Legalizing Medical Marijuana Does Not Increase Crime

Researchers at the University of Texas published an article in PLOS ONE today that indicates that...

Legal

Study Suggests Cannabis Legalization Reduces Police Resources Needed in Washington

Initiative 502 was passed in Washington in November of 2012 and was implemented one month later....

Politics

Canadian Police Propose To Ticket Possession Of Small Amounts Of Marijuana

At a meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police supported the ability...

Legal

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: The Cops that Are Our Friends

“Not one of the stated US drug policy goals of lowering the incidence of crime, addiction,...

Cannabis

Police Need Warrant to Open Package that Smells of Pot

Although they have the right to seize it, police need a warrant to open a package...