Tag: Decriminalize Iowa
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![[VIDEO, 36 Minutes] Des Moines City Council Meeting September 8 2020](https://weedpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/des-moines-city-council-meeting-september-8-2020.png?w=1024)
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Important #ActionAlert Details: Des Moines City Council Virtual Meeting Today, Public Comment Sign Up Ends Tonight
The Des Moines City Council invited me to take part in the September 2020 public comment period for marijuana decriminalization efforts. I just got off the phone with the Des Moines City Clerk of Court. She tells me today’s meeting this afternoon at 2:30 pm is open to the public but does not have public…
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Des Moines Marijuana Enforcement Task Force Tentative Timeline/Schedule For Decriminalization Reports And Public Comment Opportunities
Will be posting to various social media pages and emailing our list concerning the second week of September. Public comment is as of right now going to happen during the second week of September. If you live in Des Moines, or care about Des Moines marijuana laws, the second week of September needs your stories,…
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Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana, Longtime Advocacy Group, Submitted These 65 Policy Suggestions To Decriminalize Des Moines Task Force
Good afternoon, Thank you for inviting us to take part. Having reached out to colleagues across the country, we offer the following, and look forward to making ourselves available in the future to help make our communities safer. Thank you again, Jason Karimi Executive Director, Iowa Patients for Medical Marijuana 515.509.8883 7688 NW 86th…
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Des Moines Register: “In decades as an Iowa warden, I learned how mandatory sentences, ill-considered programs and more keep inmates and prisons from success”
Writes former prison warden John Mathes in today’s Des Moines Register: “My recommendation is to decriminalize simple possession of marijuana and implement a system of regulating, licensing, and taxing this like we do for alcohol.” Read the full article here in today’s Des Moines Register (Monday, August 17th, 2020). It has 8 policy proposals or…
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Here’s The Massively Important Full Text Of The Des Moines Iowa Marijuana Decriminalization Resolution 20-1065 Approved By City Council Vote On June 22 2020 (Read Here)
Good news. I was invited to write suggestions and policy proposals on marijuana decriminalization in Des Moines to the Des Moines City Council Marijuana Enforcement Task Force Chair, Gary Dickey. I figured actually reading the resolution in it’s entirety, as well as reviewing the city council hearing from June 22nd for context, was going to…
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Decriminalization In Iowa’s Tiny Problem (And A Possible Solution)
Problem: ballot initiatives, or city code changes, must not violate state or federal law: Decriminalize marijuana, Cedar Rapids City Council candidate urges A Cedar Rapids City Council candidate says Iowa’s second-largest city should be a statewide leader by decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana. Jorel Robinson, 32, proposes refocusing criminal justice resources to “encourage…
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