Public Pot Smoking Will Not Be Criminalized If Chicago’s Mayor Has Her Way

Merry Jane
Nov 14, 2019, 8:09 am139 pts
Photo via In an attempt to reconcile city policing standards with the implementation of cannabis legalization, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed a city ordinance this week that would reduce the penalty for smoking cannabis in public to a civil violation instead of a criminal charge. According to the Chicago…

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