Legal Related Federal Marijuana Cases Keep Declining by Sophia Vida March 18, 2022 According to analysis from the federal U.S. Sentencing Commission (USCC), federal prosecutions over cannabis have continued to decline, dropping again in 2021. Fewer than 1,000 people were charged in cannabis trafficking cases ac...
Trends & Articles Japan Had a Record Amount of Marijuana Offenders Last Year by Sophia Vida April 03, 2020 A record 4,321 individuals were involved in cannabis cases in the country of Japan in 2019. This is up 743 from the previous year. It is also the sixth consecutive year of increase said the police this week. The number of those...
Legal Related Washington D.C. Marijuana Arrests Will Now be Citations Instead of Custody by Sophia Vida September 25, 2018 Qualifying people using marijuana in public will now face citations instead of arrests in the District of Columbia. The city’s mayor and police chief announced this month that those who qualify will receive a citation instead...
Trends & Articles Marijuana Arrests Increase Despite More Legislation by Sophia Vida September 25, 2018 A new report released by the FBI on Monday has revealed that despite more acceptance and legislation for marijuana across the U.S., marijuana arrests are still rising. The report found that marijuana arrests had increased to 65...
Legal Related NYC Officially Has New Marijuana Arrest Rules by Sophia Vida September 04, 2018 New York City's police department's previous policy on marijuana is officially gone. The NYPD's new rule went into effect over the weekend on Saturday where people who are caught today with a small amount of marijuana will not ...
Legal Related New York Will Stop Arresting People Smoking Marijuana in Public by Sophia Vida May 22, 2018 New Yorkers may soon feel a little safer on the streets smoking pot. The Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, has instructed the NYPD to stop arresting people smoking weed in public. CNN has reported that the Mayor has fo...
Legal Related Marijuana Arrests Outweighed Violent Crime Arrests in 2016 by Sophia Vida October 04, 2017 Last year there were more arrests for cannabis than there were for violent crime. According to the latest Uniform Crime report from the FBI, the overall drug arrests increased in 2016 to 1.57 million. This was an increase of 5....