Stein’s office said the task force has recommended “to further study potential legalization of marijuana possession, cultivation, and sale” in North Carolina. The task force also recommended that prosecutors “immediately deprioritize marijuana-related prosecution in non-ABC permitted locations. North Carolina’s attorney general says it is time for his state to do what is right and decriminalize marijuana. Due to problems imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the deadline was extended to December 15, which is when the task force will deliver its full recommendations to Cooper. The task force was charged with a mandate to develop policies aimed at remedying racial bias in the criminal justice system by December 1.
North Carolina’s attorney general says it is time for his state to do what is right and decriminalize marijuana.
Josh Stein said Wednesday that the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice has offered up a host of reforms that include decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana possession—a recommendation that Stein heartily endorsed.
“You cannot talk about improving racial equity in our criminal justice system without talking about marijuana,”...
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