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Decriminalizing Pot Would Save State Money

Decriminalizing Pot Would Save State Money

By Bob Plain on March 27, 2012

Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine have already decriminalized possession of less than ounce of marijuana, as have a total of 13 states. But don’t take our neighbors’ words for it, a special Rhode Island senate commission on marijuana prohibition found in 2010 that the move would actually save the state money. “Even by conservative estimates,” reads [...]

Posted in Defense, Featured, Rhode Island, State House | Tagged decriminilize, josh miller, Marijuana, rhoda perry | 3 Responses

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