Topic: Pot penalties

Iowa bill reducing marijuana penalties faces obstacles

• Where marijuana legalization stands in New Mexico
• California offers second chance to people convicted of marijuana crimes
• Another Texas county looks to reduce penalties for marijuana possession
• Wichita lowers weed penalties. Mayor clarifies: not “in any way decriminalizing”
• Wisconsin Republican joins Democratic bid to reduce weed penalties
• Kansas City voters approve lower penalties for weed possession
• Retired California minister arrested in Texas for carrying personal supply of medical marijuana
• Illinois just decriminalized marijuana possession, effective immediately
• More freedom: Pennsylvania’s capital reduces pot penalties
• Wyoming considers setting felony threshold for pot edibles at one pound
• Op-ed: Carly Fiorina’s strong debate misses one key point on pot
• Jeff Mizanskey, sentenced to life for pot, freed from Missouri prison
• Illinois gov tweaks marijuana decriminalization bill; no approval yet
• New Louisiana laws OK’d for reduced pot penalties, medical marijuana
• Louisiana bill reducing penalties for pot possession narrowly advances
• Louisiana law enforcement reconsider state’s ultra-strict penalties for pot