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A special Rhode Island legislative commission created to review and assess marijuana policy has endorsed decriminalizing the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana. The decision came Tuesday, when the Special Senate Panel on Marijuana Prohibition endorsed a report calling for decriminalization. Led by Sen. Joshua Miller (D-Cranston), the panel concluded in the report that "marijuana law reform" could save the state valuable funds by ending "costly arrests and incarcerations due to simple possession of marijuana." Estimates of the savings ranged from $232,000 to $12.7 million. Commission report available at http://www.projo.com/news/2010/pdf/0316_marijuana_commission_final_report.pdf Excerpted from http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/624/rhode_island_legislative_commission_endorses_marijuana_decriminalization |
Rhode Island Legislative Commission Endorses Decriminalization
Fri, 03/19/2010 - 21:39
