State initiative next step for marijuana backers
The News Review:
- State initiative next step for marijuana backers
- SF Chronicle Submissions
- LoJack System Leads Police To Stolen Mercedes, Marijuana
- DC Man Arrested for Marijuana After Routine Traffic Stop
- Man charged $200 for cannabis possession
- Man kept GBP9,630 of cannabis in his cellar.
- Juvenile Caught with Marijuana & Weapons in Owens
State initiative next step for marijuana backers
Rocky Mountain News – Dec 29, 2005
Denver lawenforcement officials, however, continue to ticket small-timepot-possession violators under state law. They always have prosecutedthe vast majority of possession cases, saying that state law isunaffected by local statutes. The Colorado Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative seeks to passa state law identical to the Denver measure, Tvert said, so Denverofficials can no longer “ignore the will of the voters by hiding behindstate law. Tvert acknowledged that because the initiative will only amend drugstatutes, not the Colorado Constitution, state lawmakers simply couldoverturn its passage. But he warned that lawmakers who try “goose-stepping around the willof the people who put them in office” could find themselves votedout. The measure needs nearly 68,000 signatures to qualify for theballotTo raise them, “we plan on bringing out an army of new voters inthis state and mobilizing students across the state to get involved,collecting signatures and passing this initiative,” Tvert said. He said he’s sticking with the controversial campaign thatapparently helped win in Denver:It argues that adults should have the right to choose marijuana as asafer alternative to alcohol, which pot advocates blame for deadlyviolence and car wrecks.
SF Chronicle Submissions
San Francisco Chronicle – Dec 29, 2005
Think Eliot Ness, the federal agent who prosecuted Al Capone, or Frank Serpico, the New York cop who at great personal risk exposed dirty cops within his department. Then think about the new focus of American law enforcement — marijuana — and ask yourself if the expense of arresting, prosecuting and jailing offenders makes sense. The Marijuana Policy Project crunched U. Justice Department statistics for arrests in 2004 and found that there were more arrests for marijuana possession — 684,319 — than for all violent crimes combined. The Washington Post reported in May that the Sentencing Project, another think tank, “found that the proportion of heroin and cocaine cases plummeted from 55 percent of all drug arrests in 1992 to less than 30 percent 10 years later… Think Eliot Ness, the federal agent who prosecuted Al Capone, or Frank Serpico, the New York cop who at great personal risk exposed dirty cops within his department. Then think about the new focus of American law enforcement — marijuana — and ask yourself if the expense of arresting, prosecuting and jailing offenders makes sense. The Marijuana Policy Project crunched U. Justice Department statistics for arrests in 2004 and found that there were more arrests for marijuana possession — 684,319 — than for all violent crimes combined. The Washington Post reported in May that the Sentencing Project, another think tank, “found that the proportion of heroin and cocaine cases plummeted from 55 percent of all drug arrests in 1992 to less than 30 percent 10 years later. ” While Americans might think law enforcement has mobilized to fight dangerous drugs that can lead to fatal overdoses and kill users, the study found that marijuana arrests rose to 45 percent of drug arrests.
LoJack System Leads Police To Stolen Mercedes, Marijuana
Click10.com – Dec 29, 2005
– Hialeah police who were looking for a stolen portable light generator came across a whole lot more Wednesday night. A LoJack auto security system led police to a home where they found a stolen Mercedes being stripped down and six large trash bags filled with marijuana. “The officers found approximately 25-30 pounds of marijuana as it was being cut up,” Hialeah Police Department Lt. Mike Delarosa said… When they went to retrieve the generator, officers said they spotted one of the two men who were renting Silvera’s garage as an efficiency tossing a small bag containing marijuana. Police then searched the house and found the rest of the marijuana. Silvera, Osmany Morales and Sandalio Sotolongo-Perez were all arrested and charged with possession of marijuana. Silvera was also charged with possession of cocaine and Sotolongo-Perez was charged with grand theft auto. All three have bonded out of jail.
DC Man Arrested for Marijuana After Routine Traffic Stop
Southern Maryland Online – Dec 29, 2005
A vehicle traveling southbound on MD Rt. 925 at Holly Lane was stopped for window tint violation. Upon contact with the driver an odor of burnt marijuana was emitting from the vehicle. A probable cause search revealed suspected marijuana and drug paraphernalia on the passenger, Damien Christopher Small, 24 years, of Washington, D. Small was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Man charged $200 for cannabis possession
AntiguaSun – Dec 29, 2005
McPherson pleaded guilty to possession of 5. 2 grams of cannabis and was fined $200 in the St. John’s Magistrates Court. He has until today to pay the fine or face imprisonment for one month in default. McPherson was taken to the St… John’s Police Station on Christmas Eve for questioning on another report. During a routine search, the police found eight sealed transparent bags in his front pocket with a bushy substance. The Pigotts resident told the police the substance was cannabis and he was then arrested and charged.
Man kept GBP9,630 of cannabis in his cellar.
Free with registration – Europe Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 29, 2005
| Europe Intelligence Wire (December, 2005). Andrew Turnbull, 46, a.
Juvenile Caught with Marijuana & Weapons in Owens
Southern Maryland Online – Dec 29, 2005
They made contact with the two occupants and detected a chemical smell coming from the passenger compartment of the truck and that one of the occupants appeared very nervous. McCarroll obtained permission from the driver to search the vehicle and when doing so, he discovered Marijuana, two smoking devices, one known as a