Re:How a Single Oxycontin Pill Nearly Ruined One Man's Life
by tptacek on Monday August 06, 2012 @03:08PM
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Marijuana law in Chicago remains a tool by which the police can arbitrarily take people off the streets. Dealing weed remains a felony. The thresholds at which possession becomes intent remain arbitrary.
I am sympathetic to the police here (there are probably many very good public policy reasons to get West Side dealers off the street) but the law itself is a bit of a clusterfuck.
Proud to say that Chicago has de-criminalized small amounts of Marijuana. (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-28/news/ct-met-ch...)