Rhode Island’s Future

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marijuana

Bruce Reilly | April 15, 2010

Wednesday night saw what might be a turning point in Rhode Island drug policy as three bills went largely unopposed before the House Judiciary Committee. Of all the criminal justice bills in the legislature, it was curious to not see the usual line-up of the Attorney General and various police…
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Tomorrow's Pot Bills: Do Candidates Have Positions?

Bruce Reilly | April 13, 2010

The bill to Legalize marijuana (Tax and Regulate) has been postponed a day, again, so that it may be heard on the same day as the bill to Decriminalize marijuana ($150 ticket, with monies going to the district that issues the ticket). They will be heard tomorrow, Wednesday the 14th,…
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Miller says: Decriminalize It!

Bruce Reilly | April 08, 2010

Senator Josh Miller did everything possible to take things at a slow, mellow, relaxed pace: He and others, including members of law enforcement and the medical community, sat on the Marijuana Study Commission for months- gathering testimony from all sectors regarding the decriminalization of marijuana.…
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Marijuana Tax Hearing Postponed to 4-13

Bruce Reilly | April 02, 2010

Although previously reported here that the “Legalize It” bill will be heard in the House Judiciary this week, our Noah’s flood week created some schedule havoc at the Statehouse. Read More...

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Legalize It! April 6th Hearing

Bruce Reilly | March 16, 2010

The RI House Judiciary will hear a landmark bill (April 6th @ 4:30pm) that would tax and regulate small amounts of marijuana. I will not waste your time with the opening rationale (in the bill text) as to why this should be so. That debate has been held over the past decade, with Reason…
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Commission on Marijuana Prohibition Report: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Nick Horton | February 05, 2010

The Senate Commission to Study the Prohibition of Marijuana met again Wednesday and heard testimony from Chief Public Defender John Hardiman, Jack Cole, former New Jersey state police officer and director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and Joe Osediacz, retired Rhode Island police officer and…
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Reports from the Commission on Marijuana Prohibition

Nick Horton | February 02, 2010

As a member of the Senate's Commission on Marijuana Prohibition, I plan on posting about each of the Commission's meetings. (sorry for the late post this time). On January 20, the Commission heard presentations from the Director of the Department of Corrections, AT Wall, myself, and the Attorney…
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Sunday Open Thread

Brian Hull | January 24, 2010

There's a story in Sunday's ProJo concerning medical marijuana. Reasonable people may disagree about the logic and appropriateness of imprisoning people who use / abuse drugs. Today's open thread will be about the likelihood of decriminalization for marijuana in Rhode Island, and whether…

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Weed Law Data Badly Spun, Projo Plays Dumb

Frymaster | January 20, 2010

Let's leave aside for a moment AG functionary Dawson's absurd assertion that "regular chronic users of marijuana, they just are different than other folks...they don’t have the ambition or the desire to contribute to society like others do." We'll demolish that silliness in due time. Instead, let's…
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Killing 2 birds with one stoner

TPublico | October 19, 2009

A new policy memo was issued today by the Department of Justice to selected U.S. Attorneys that is a significant departure from previous administrations. The guidelines direct U.S. attorneys not to pursue prosecution on individuals in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of marijuana…
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Conservative Judge Jim Gray on Drug Legalization

rasputinkhlyst | April 02, 2009

Our National and State policies reagarding drugs need changing according to a conservative CA judge. Here's why: PART ONE PART TWO And of course liberals agree: "Stupid is as stupid does." Time to "Get Smart"

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