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Thursday, March 06, 2008

Marijuana Arrests Up - Resolution Sought

DENVER, Colo. -- Denver voters made it clear lastNovember that they don’t want police spending time and resources busting people who smoke marijuana.But marijuana activists have said possession arrests are actually going up, and they want to know why.In Wednesday night’s Marijuana Policy Review Panel, members questioned police and city prosecutors about whether their policies have changed since the successful 2007 ballot initiative to make adult marijuana possession the “lowest law enforcement priority.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well, what did the city prosecutors and police say? Is there actually a reason for the increase in marijuana arrests?

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