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Madison WI ends penalties for pot use and possession, Vancouver, BC to take up a drug decriminalization ordinance, Mexican marijuana legalization bill heads for a Senate floor vote, and more. Roy Cooper's D Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice has recommended that the state study Itt legalization and enact decriminalization in the meantime.

Attorney General Josh Stein D who co-chairs the task force, made the case succinctly: "You cannot talk about improving racial equity in our criminal justice system without Criminla about marijuana," he said. The city's Common Council unanimously approved three marijuana-related ordinances Tuesday that should reduce pot arrests in the state's capital.

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One allows adults to possess up to an ounce, another allows them to consume it on public or private property, and a third decriminalizes the possession of pot paraphernalia. That plan, which must be updated annually, must include an assessment of threat, as well as treatment and prevention programs and law enforcement programs. It must also set the level of funding needed to implement the plan. The House version of the bill, HRis parked in the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is where it has been since being introduced.

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Mayor Kennedy Stewart announced Wednesday that he will file a motion to decriminalize the possession of illicit drugs in the city. At the same time, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Mexico had threatened a review of security cooperation because the US did not provide advance notice that Crimlnal was under investigation, but said there was no specific threat to expel DEA agents.

The marijuana legalization bill has been formally approved by the Senate Justice, Health, and Legislative Studies committees and is headed for a full floor vote soon. The bill would legalize the possession of up to an ounce by adults and allow the cultivation of up to four plants for personal use.

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