Illinois will soon be the 11th state in the United States where recreational marijuana is legal. The Illinois House of Representatives – which has a Democratic supermajority – voted 66-47 in favor of legalization on Friday. The Illinois state Senate voted 38-17 to approve the legislation on Wednesday. “It is time to hit the reset…
Illinois may soon become the latest state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. A bill that passed the Illinois House of Representatives in a 62-53 vote last week would remove the threat of arrest, instead resulting in a fine. A person would be allowed to carry up to 15 grams without facing jail…
The Obama administration has allowed Colorado and Washington state to implement their recreational marijuana laws since being approved by voters in their respective states in 2012. The Justice Department outlined in 2013 guidelines that geared enforcement to eight specific areas. The memo requires federal prosecutors to focus their resources on preventing the growing of marijuana…
The New York Times is the first major national media outlet to call for an end to the prohibition of marijuana. “It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished….
A driver who left the scene of a deadly accident had his initial hearing today. Kyle T. Papa, 23, appeared before St. Joseph Superior Court Judge John M. Marnocha. Papa is facing five separate counts in the case. Papa was allegedly driving a van on June 15, 2014 with a twenty-four year old female passenger,…
