RI Senate To Consider Loosening Marijuana Laws
Written by greenmachine on December 25th, 2009Providence, R.I. — A Senate commission will soon explore whether Rhode Island should decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana and tax the drug, a path recently taken by neighboring Massachusetts.
Commission members are exploring several questions that suggest an underlying skepticism with criminalizing marijuana, including whether existing prohibitions have decreased drug use, caused corruption [...]
