Illinois Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, called on the General Assembly to decriminalize marijuana possession statewide and to reduce the penalty to a misdemeanor for those caught with 1 gram or less of any controlled substance. During 90 minutes of testimony before the House-Senate Joint Criminal Reform Committee in Chicago, Emanuel encouraged lawmakers to challenge the “assumptions […]
Philadelphia is about to be America’s largest city to decriminalize marijuana. The mayor said he would sign a bill decriminalizing possession of small amounts of pot — arriving at a compromise on some details with Councilman Jim Kenney, who sponsored the original bill. KYW Newsradio reports: “We’ve gotten to a place where it is out of […]