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 Assessing the Crack-down on Marijuana in Maryland May 1, 2001 - There has long been a body of opinion that criminal sanctions are unnecessarily harsh for minor marijuana offenses. In the 1970s eleven states, not including Maryland, removed those sanctions, replacing them with fines and civil penalties. In the last few years a number of Western nations (e.g., Australia, Belgium, Germany) have done the same and in some cases removed all penalties, though retaining the prohibition. The recent increases in arrests, the publicity about the rise in high school use, as well as the passage of referenda allowing marijuana for therapeutic purposes in seven states, have brought this debate back into focus in the United States. Download Full Publication Copyright 2002-2009 The Abell Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
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