Maryland Passes Bill to Prohibit Police Vehicle Searches Based on Cannabis Odor
Wed / Apr 12th
Maryland lawmakers passed a bill this week to prohibit police officers from conducting vehicle searches based solely on the presence of cannabis odor.
In states that have legalized cannabis for medical or recreational use, law enforcement agencies must coexist with an industry they have historically policed. There are also branches of law enforcement that continue to raid dispensaries in legal cannabis markets. Read more about law enforcement and cannabis here:
Wed / Apr 12th
Maryland lawmakers passed a bill this week to prohibit police officers from conducting vehicle searches based solely on the presence of cannabis odor.
Thu / Mar 23rd
Seven police officers who helped carry out a raid on Afroman’s house in Ohio last year are now suing the artist over his use of footage from the raid, which depicts the officers’ faces, in music videos and on social media. The rapper says he plans to countersue.
Thu / Mar 23rd
Since Killeen, Texas voters opted to decriminalize low-level cannabis possession last November, city police have released 77% of the individuals they encountered who were in possession of cannabis.
Fri / Mar 3rd
California cannabis regulators and law enforcement agencies collectively seized nearly 440,000 pounds of illicit cannabis during enforcement actions last year.
Wed / Jan 4th
An annual report found that police in California searched teenagers they perceived to be Black at nearly six times the rate of teens they perceived to be white during 2021 vehicle and pedestrian stops.
Tue / Jan 3rd
The alleged “straw” owner of the Oklahoma cannabis farm where a quadruple homicide occurred last November has been arrested.
Wed / Dec 28th
Police in Hays, Kansas recently raided the hospital room of a terminally ill cancer patient, confiscating a THC-infused edible paste and vaping device said to contain cannabinoids. The patient was given a ticket and court summons but law enforcement later dropped the charges.
Fri / Nov 25th
Police in northern India said that a stash of 500 kilograms of confiscated cannabis that had gone missing was eaten by rats.
Wed / Nov 23rd
South Florida police arrested a man yesterday who is suspected of murdering four people at an Oklahoma cannabis farm over the weekend.
Mon / Oct 31st
The Missouri Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) is campaigning for voters to approve adult-use cannabis reforms during the midterm elections with the aim of rectifying the harm done to communities by the war on drugs.
Fri / Oct 28th
The California Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce announced on Wednesday that it recently eradicated 7,503 plants and more than 936 pounds of cannabis flower.
Tue / Oct 25th
The Missouri State Highway Patrol contested cannabis legalization advertisements which have since been pulled from YouTube. Police claimed copyright infringement over an actor in uniform.
Tue / Oct 18th
Despite adult-use reforms in Virginia, Black people are still disproportionately arrested for cannabis-related charges than other races.
Tue / Oct 18th
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics is working with law enforcement in an effort to target criminal organizations operating within the state’s medical cannabis program.
Thu / Oct 13th
The California Department of Justice’s annual Campaign Against Marijuana Planting said that nearly 1 million illegally grown plants were eradicated and more than 200,000 pounds of processed cannabis were seized during the 2022 season.
Thu / Oct 13th
California Gavin Newsom (D) called for creating the Unified Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce, a multi-agency unit designed to combat illegal cannabis operations.
Fri / Oct 7th
DEA Museum historian Kasey Sease, Ph.D. admitted that the reasons for criminalizing drug use were based on racial, ethnic, and class prejudice.
Thu / Oct 6th
Massachusetts authorities are investigating the circumstances around the death of former Trulieve employee Lorna McMurrey, who OSHA concluded died after inhaling “ground cannabis dust” at the company’s Holyoke facility.
Tue / Oct 4th
The Amsterdam council is expected to vote against banning tourists from the city’s cannabis-serving coffee shops.
Mon / Oct 3rd
Conservative police commissioners in the United Kingdom want to reclassify cannabis from a Class B to a Class A drug, which would put the plant in the same category as heroin and cocaine.
Fri / Sep 30th
New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice Shannon Bacon wants individuals to file their own expungement applications instead of requiring the state’s judicial branch to find eligible cases, a change to the current legalization law.
Mon / Sep 26th
Michigan State Police have not made any additional statements regarding the decision to halt cannabis blood testing after discovering a pattern of false positives for THC which could affect more than 3,000 cases.
Tue / Sep 20th
New Jersey has recorded a precipitous drop in arrests related to cannabis manufacturing, distributing, and dispensing since legalizing adult-use cannabis.
Thu / Sep 15th
A group of New York state lawmakers sent a letter last week urging New York City Mayor Eric Adams to “move swiftly” in clamping down on illegal cannabis sales.
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