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Kwanza Hall, an Atlanta City Councilman and candidate for mayor of Atlanta, is calling for a vote in early October on his stalled effort to reduce the penalties on possession of small amounts of marijuana in the city. Hall introduced legislation earlier this year that would have dropped the...

Sacramento Kings forward Zach Randolph reportedly reached a plea deal regarding his August arrest for marijuana possession. On Wednesday, TMZ Sports reported Randolph was initially arrested for felony possession with intent to sell in August before the charges were reduced to misdemeanor...

Oklahoma State Cowboys freshman linebacker Brendan Vaughn was arrested Saturday and charged with "possession of a controlled and dangerous substance with intent to distribute within 2,000 feet of a school and possession of drug paraphernalia," according to Kelsy Schlotthauer of Ocolly.com...

Williamsburg Police seized roughly 14 pounds of marijuana and more than $10,000 in cash from a home in the 4000 block of Battery Boulevard Friday evening, after being called to the area for a domestic disturbance, officials said. Dispatch received the call about 7:20 p.m., according to a...

Elwood police arrested two people Saturday after police discovered a large grow operation and confiscated 184 marijuana plants from a residence in the 1800 block of South A Street. Matthew A. Stockdale, 31, who, according to police, lives in the residence where the marijuana was found, was...

Payson police arrested a local man Sunday after he reportedly intended to deal marijuana. Tawn Thorn, 44, was arrested on suspicion of the third-degree felonies of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a weapon by a restricted person, along with the...

NBA star Zach Randolph has been formally charged with 2 misdemeanors for that August 9 weed arrest in L.A. ... TMZ Sports has learned. We broke the story ... the Sacramento Kings star was arrested in Nickerson Gardens in Watts earlier this month ... which was followed by a crazy, violent...

Investigators seized 270 pounds of Mexican marijuana while executing a search warrant at a New Market residence Friday morning, Sheriff Bud McCoig reported. Three people were arrested at the house at 1607 Elmore Road. One tried to flee out the back door, but ducked back inside when he found...

A former Dubuque Hempstead High School teacher won't be tried on a charge of marijuana possession. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that the charge against 46-year-old Douglas Spahn was dismissed Thursday. He'd pleaded not guilty. Court documents say Spahn told a Dubuque police officer...

Despite Mayor Bill de Blasio's repeated promises to end arrests for low-level marijuana possession, the NYPD is on track to arrest tens of thousands of pot-smoking New Yorkers this year, with enforcement once again overwhelmingly centered on minority communities. New data from the Legal Aid...

A Poughkeepsie woman was arrested with more than a pound of marijuana in her vehicle Thursday following a traffic stop in the Town of Wappinger. Jamila Chlih, 22, was charged with second-degree criminal possession of marijuana, a felony, and the misdemeanor of seventh-degree criminal...

Eclipse travelers, take note: Wyoming authorities won't let you toke on your trip. Wyoming, which is smack-dab in the middle of the path of totality for the upcoming solar eclipse, will likely see upwards of 250,000 visitors for the Aug. 21 spectacle, estimates the Wyoming Association of...

A ballot initiative to legalize marijuana would give Michigan the highest possession limits in the nation, an MLive analysis found. The language the group plans to circulate would legalize and regulate marijuana for recreational use. Those over 21 could use marijuana, but would still be...

It's a June evening and a Racine police officer spies a suspiciously parked vehicle on Roosevelt Avenue. Approaching the car, he sees a 27-year-old man sitting in the driver's seat smoking what appears to be a joint. A few minutes later, after recovering 1.4 grams of marijuana, he issues the...

A Colorado woman faces child abuse charges after allegedly admitting to South Dakota law enforcement that she lets her two sons younger than 10 years old consume marijuana edibles. On July 7, there was a traffic checkpoint on U.S. Highway 18 in Tripp County, at which time a vehicle driven by...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) has signed a new law decriminalizing marijuana, making the Granite State the 22nd in the nation to eliminate the possibility of jail time for those convicted of simple possession. The measure passed the Republican-led legislature with huge majorities in May...

An unprecedented and wide-ranging coalition of powerful stakeholders is calling for an end to the widespread practice of arresting people solely for drug use or possession. A press teleconference this Tuesday will be accompanied by the release of a new Drug Policy Alliance report, endorsed by...

Police Scotland issued nearly 6,000 warnings for cannabis possession as an alternative to prosecution in the first year of a controversial new scheme. Figures obtained by Scotland on Sunday show officers handed out a total of 5,827 Recorded Police Warnings (RPWs) in 2016/17, equivalent to...

St. Augustine officials plan to weigh in on a proposal to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar recently voiced support for the movement – led mainly by a nurse practitioner – to allow law enforcement officials in St. Johns County to...

Wichita voters showed their support for reducing marijuana possession penalties, and now the city is taking action. Tuesday morning, the Wichita City Council voted 6-0 to approve a modified ordinance. The ordinance was originally brought up at City Council on May 2, but it was differed to...