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Formulation of the short title, summary statement, and legislative text for Initiative No. 71, the “Legalization of Possession of Marijuana for Personal Use Act of 2014.”

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On Friday, April 5, 2014, the DC Board of Elections published their formulation of the short title, summary statement, and legislative text for Initiative No. 71, the “Legalization of Possession of Marijuana for Personal Use Act of 2014.” Up next, the campaign will soon receive petitions that will need to be signed by nearly 25,000 registered DC voters in order to be on general election ballot on November 4.

You can download the official ballot initiative text here, here, or read it online here.

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DC Fox 5: New legislation pushes to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana in DC

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WASHINGTON – D.C. council-member Tommy Wells announced new legislation to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana.

His announcement followed a report by the ACLU that finds D.C. has the most arrests for pot possession than any other city in the U.S.

The district is among the top-ten in the country for the highest-number of African Americans arrested for marijuana possession.

Source: MyFoxDC