City Council Relaxes Marijuana Penalties

23:30 March 17, 2016
By: Bess Turner

New Orleans is officially relaxing the penalties for marijuana possession from jail time to a fine and summons. Officers may now at their discretion issue tickets instead of taking the perpetrator to jail. The law was unanimously passed by City Council. It is hoped that this will keep the already overwhelmed jail system from getting even more clogged, and help the disproportionate number of black citizens arrested on simple possession charges.

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