On March 30th, the last day of the Georgia Legislative session, the Senate voted 45 to 6 to pass SB 16 to further amend and expand Halieghs Hope Act (HB 1) signed by Gov. Deal April 16 2015. If signed by the Governor, this bill would add Tourettes syndrome, Autism, Epidermolysis bullosa, Alzheimers disease, AIDs, […]
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On Tuesday March 21st, the Atlanta City Council Public Safety Committee’s working group met to discuss reducing the penalties for possession of cannabis. This was the third in a series of meetings to address a re-work of the 84 Quality of Life ordinances initiated by Councilmember Kwanza Hall. Even though these ordinances were originally intended
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The Public Safety/Legal Committee of the Atlanta City Council met on Tuesday February 14, 2017, leaders from many grassroots organizations and activists packed the room to demand action stemming from the City’s lack of action surrounding the shooting death of Deaundre Phillips. The Committee waived their original agenda and allowed public comment
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At the start of this year’s legislative session, House Leadership formed the Medical Cannabis Working Group, an 11 member panel chaired by Rep. Allen Peake. Although the panel only met twice, first on February 1st, then again on the 8th, they agreed unanimously to add four “improvement recommendations” to the bill, as they were a
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Action Alert! Legislation is pending in the Senate, SB 105, to reduce felony marijuana possession offenses to a fine-only misdemeanor. Under state law, the possession of over one ounce of marijuana is classified as a felony offense punishable by a minimum of one year in jail and up to ten years in prison and
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by Russ Belville Like the 2016 Los Angeles Rams, the so-called quarterback of the anti-legalization movement, Kevin Sabet, has only won a quarter of his contests. Hes gone 3-9 on statewide legalization initiatives* in the past four elections. Smart Approaches to Marijuana Use Except Legalization Nevertheless, his group, Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana), believes it can
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