CHICAGO COMPLETELY OVERHAULS MARIJUANA LAWS
Huge news for drug reform and residents of Cook County. According to the county’s State Attorney Anita Alvarez, anyone caught with 30 grams of marijuana or less on their first or second offense will not be prosecuted. On a third offense offenders will be sent to drug schooling.
“What we are doing is simply not working,”
Alvarez said Monday morning.
She noted the huge waste time and money spent on cycling small time drug offenders in and out of the penal system, with the new approach based on “treatment instead of traditional prosecution.”
Additionally, offenders charged with a Class 4 felony who have a non-violent history will be sent to social service agencies for drug abuse treatment. Successful completion of the program will result in dropped charges.
“In drug school, the success is phenomenal. Ninety-percent of the people complete it and around 85-percent don’t have further drug arrest,”
Pam Rodriguez,...
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