August 3, 2018 08:38 pm PDT
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How the NYPD recriminalized marijuana after the state decriminalized it
Back in 1977, middle class, white New Yorkers got frustrated over being criminalized for smoking weed, so they got the state legislature to decriminalized simple possession of weed -- merely having weed in your possession became a civil infraction and if you were caught, you might get a ticket, but that's it. (more…)
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