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Synthetic marijuana, commonly called "K2" or "spice," is especially popular in prison systems and jails across the country because it's cheap, easy to smuggle, and doesn't show up in routine urine ...
Despite equal usage, black Floridians are 4.2 times more likely to be arrested for cannabis possession than white Floridians, according to a 2013 American Civil Liberties Union report.
Possessing marijuana is a federal crime punishable by fines and prison time. Selling or cultivating marijuana is a more serious federal crime, punishable by prison sentences of five years to life, depending on the quantity of the drug. But many states have abolished their own marijuana penalties.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy says that the idea that our nation's prisons are overflowing with otherwise law-abiding people convicted for nothing more than simple possession of marijuana is a myth, "an illusion conjured and aggressively perpetuated by drug advocacy groups seeking to relax or abolish America's marijuana laws."
The legal theory of the case is that although in Gonzales v.Raich, the Supreme Court "reasoned that because Congress intended to 'eradicate' cannabis from interstate commerce, the federal government had a rational and thus lawful purpose in encroaching on states' cannabis regulation", this Commerce Clause-centric logic no longer pertains in the 2020s, as the Federal Government "continues to ...
Corrections Corporation of America (NYS: CXW) : Operates privatized correctional and detention facilities in the United States. The company specializes in owning, operating, and managing prisons ...
The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, also known as the MORE Act, is a proposed piece of U.S. federal legislation that would deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and enact various criminal and social justice reforms related to cannabis, including the expungement of prior convictions.
Here are three arguments against Issue 1 which would allow adults to legally use marijuana in Ohio.