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A sentencing reform measure (House Bill 1006) pending before state lawmakers includes provisions that seek to significantly increase criminal penalties for marijuana possession offenders. According to Associated Press reports, newly introduced Senate provisions would increase criminal penalties regarding the possession of ...Read More

Indiana: Oppose Provisions To Felonize Minor Marijuana Offenders

Written by Idaho NORML.
Posted on April 3, 2013.
Also filed under Ending Marijuana Prohibition, felony, hb 1006, house bill 1006.
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Special thanks to our intern Greg Weeks for researching and compiling this data, as well as writing this blog post. We’ve updated our database of colleges and universities with 911 Good Samaritan (also referred to as medical amnesty) policies! We found and ...Read More

SSDP’s 911 Good Samaritan Policy Database Updated

Written by Idaho NORML.
Posted on April 1, 2013.
Also filed under 911 Good Samaritan Policies, alaska, Blog, California, Colorado, Connecticut, dc, District of Columbia, florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, medical amnesty, michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, new york, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Washington.
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By Phillip Smith, StopTheDrugWar.Org The Republican-controlled Indiana House voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve a “reasonable suspicion” drug testing bill for welfare recipients. House Bill 1483 advanced to the state Senate on a 78-17 vote. The bill would require all adult recipients of Temporary ...Read More

Indiana House Approves Welfare Drug Test Bill

Written by Idaho NORML.
Posted on February 28, 2013.
Also filed under drug test, Ending Marijuana Prohibition, welfare.
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By Phillip Smith A bill that would have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana is dead in the Indiana legislature after a key Senate committee chairman refused to allow a public hearing on it. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. ...Read More

Indiana Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Dies In Committee

Written by Idaho NORML.
Posted on February 13, 2013.
Also filed under Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Karen Tallian, marijuana decriminalization, Mike Young, Senate Bill 580, Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law.
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Someone Needs To Get Paul Whitesell An Application For Law Enforcement Against Prohibition During a budget committee meeting this week, Indiana State Police Superintendent Paul Whitesell was asked about marijuana, and here’s what he had to say: “It’s here, it’s ...Read More

Indiana State Police Chief – ‘Legalize And Tax Marijuana’

Written by Idaho NORML.
Posted on November 28, 2012.
Also filed under Ending Marijuana Prohibition, paul whitesell, state police.
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The scent of reform and rational marijuana policies must be drifting across the Rockies into distant areas of the country, as today Indiana State Police Chief stated that he would tax and regulate marijuana. Speaking during a budget committee hearing, Indiana ...Read More

Indiana State Police Chief: If It Were Up To Me, I’d Legalize and Tax Marijuana

Written by Idaho NORML.
Posted on November 27, 2012.
Also filed under Activism, cannabis, comments, GOVERNMENT, in, LAW ENFORCEMENT, Legalization, legalize, marijuana, NORML, Police, Politics, prohibition, Regulate, SOCIETY, state.
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Marijuana law reform legislation is pending in over a dozen states, and progressive measures have been pre-filed in many more. Below is this week’s edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Round Up — activists’ one-stop guide to pending marijuana law reform ...Read More