A bill that sought to change that failed in the Georgia state senate this spring. The ordinance will help Athens, the home of the University of Georgia, stand apart in a state that has been slow to embrace cannabis reform. Georgia has a long history of oppressive legal mechanisms used to disenfranchise.” The lack of access to medicinal cannabis in the state has been particularly frustrating for advocates. Failure to pay these fees can represent a violation of probation and risk re-entry into incarceration. Private companies with state or local contracts are allowed to charge individuals on probation with all kinds of extra fees and surcharges that far exceed their court fines.
The city of Athens, Georgia is on the brink of a significant drug reform, with the Athens-Clarke County Legislative Review Committee passing a measure that is being hailed as “Georgia’s most comprehensive marijuana decriminalization ordinance.”
The ordinance, which was approved unanimously by the committee last week, “would reduce the penalties for possession of misdemeanor amounts of marijuana (defined as less than 28 grams) by making such infractions a 1$ fine,” according to Students for Sensible Drug Policy, which highlighted some of its advocacy efforts in Athens-Clarkes County in a...
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