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IL: Cook county Commissioners pass ordinance to decriminalize 10 grams of marijuana

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Posted in the Unshackle List serve by: Catherine Christeller Executive Director Chicago Women's AIDS Project Here is some good news about changes in the marijuana policy in Cook County, Illinois. Evidently this was inspired by a drug policy conference...so let's keep talking. --------------------------------------------- August 7, 2009 Dear Friends: Two weeks ago, the Cook County Board of Commissioners, with little fanfare, passed an ordinance decriminalizing low levels (10 grams or less) of marijuana possession in the non-incorporated areas of the County. Offenders will receive a $200 fine rather than a criminal charge that could haunt them for the rest of their lives. This action was a direct result of the PCG conference "New Directions in Drug Policy for Illinois" that PCG organized at Roosevelt University on June 12...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).