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This Organization Is On a Mission To Decriminalize Drug Addiction

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 07/20/2016 - 08:45

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) is a nonprofit focused on drug policy reform, drug regulation, and the destigmatization of addiction. 

As marijuana slowly becomes legal across the United States, there are still many that are opposed to it, especially in law enforcement. Yet there is one organization, LEAP (which stands for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) that’s trying to de-stigmatize addiction and pull back the draconian laws that still exist against marijuana.

It was reported last week in LA Weekly that LEAP is backing California's Proposition 64, which would make it legal for adults in the state to own up to an ounce of marijuana, and would help regulate the marijuana business. But the California Police Chiefs Association, as well as the California District Attorneys Association, are both against Prop 64, and the issue should only get hotter this November.

As it turns out, decriminalizing marijuana is not the only battle...

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