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Here's how opposing sides finally agreed on marijuana legislation

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 08:00

Two bills aimed at softening the state's penalties on marijuana that died last year have been resuscitated with the help of an unlikely partner: The Louisiana Sheriffs' Association.

As many lawmakers have found out over the years, it can be nearly impossible to convince other legislators to support bills that are opposed by Louisiana Sheriffs. The influential organization's members packed a committee hearing on a bill last year seeking to reduce the state's tough marijuana penalties, and the committee moved swiftly to kill it shortly after.

Fast-forward to this year's legislative session, and the Sheriffs' Association isn't opposing any of the three major marijuana bills moving through the Capitol. The marijuana penalties bill that died in committee last year, authored by state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, has made it the furthest, winning Senate approval on Monday.

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