Brazilian Officials Pursue Mandatory Drug Treatment Plan Following Supreme Court’s Decriminalization Of Cannabis
“Like many similar endeavors in the United States, this is law enforcement disguised under a therapeutic banner.” By Felipe Neis Araujo, Filter In 2024, Brazil’s federal Supreme Court decriminalized personal possession of cannabis up to 40 grams, a ruling that was unanimously upheld in February 2025. Now, the Ministry of Justice and the National Council […]
Washington Courts Making Uneven Progress In Effort To Vacate Hundreds Of Thousands Of Illegal Drug Convictions
“You have some courts, in my humble opinion, that aren’t processing them because they just don’t want to.” By Moe Ok. Clark, InvestigateWest When Lisa Giap opened an electronic mail from the Pierce County Superior Court in January 2024 that mentioned her earlier drug conviction from 2015 had been cleared from her felony document, she […]
Missouri Courts Have Expunged More Than 140,000 Marijuana Cases Since Legalization In 2022
“I have scanned through hundreds of indexed records searching for any that indicate a possession or paraphernalia charge.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Missouri courts have expunged greater than 140,000 marijuana circumstances since voters permitted the 2022 constitutional modification to legalize leisure hashish. And the numbers gained’t climb a lot increased than that. Courts had […]