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The amendment got 55.9% of the vote, according to the unofficial returns, but it failed to pass because Florida requires 60% support to amend the state’s constitution.
Read More →Florida Highway Patrol Lieutenant Channing Taylor says that messaging on the dangers of high driving will also be critical to helping save lives if recreational marijuana becomes the law of the land.
Read More →"The well-being and health of the citizens of Florida are threatened through the legalization and normalization of recreational marijuana," Sheriffs Association President Bill Prummell, the Charlotte County sheriff, said in a prepared statement.
Read More →Under the proposal, the first $40 million in adult use marijuana tax revenue each year over the next two years would go to Law Enforcement Assistance Fund for training.
Read More →President Joe Biden on Thursday granted a pardon to all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law, in what amounts to the most extensive White House action taken to date on U.S. drug policy.
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The Newark Municipal Council passed a resolution 5-0 asking Mayor Ras J. Baraka to issue an order prohibiting Newark police officers from using marijuana while off duty.
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Last week, just ahead of the start of legal recreational marijuana sales this week, New Jersey acting Attorney General Matt Platkin issued a memo to all law enforcement chief executives reminding them that law enforcement agencies in the state cannot take “any adverse action against any officers because they do or do not use cannabis off duty.”
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Police officers are barred from possessing or using marijuana while on the clock, or performing any work while under the influence.
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The legalization of marijuana has led to a major increase in drugged driving, which means police need new tools like Abbott Labs’ SoToxa to detect impairment.
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Under the final legislation, New Yorkers will be allowed to possess 3 ounces of marijuana and grow up to three mature pot plants at home, with a limit of six per household.
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