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Wisconsin Examiner
‘For so long we’d been beating our head against the wall at the state level’
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While ending cannabis prohibition remains a key ambition of many Badger State residents, their toolbox of strategies may need to change. Advocates like Eric Marsch, of Southeastern Wisconsin NORML, a pro-cannabis organization, are beginning to re-focus their efforts away from the state level.
“For so long we’d been beating our head against the wall at the state level,” Marsch told
Wisconsin Examiner. “I think that trying to refocus on the local level gives us more momentum, gives us more victories, helps get more people active. And so, I think we’ll be able to channel that into some statewide victories next year in 2022. I think things are looking pretty good in terms of building up support on the local level.”
‘Beating our head against the wall’ pushing Legislature to legalize pot. //end headline wrapper ?>A joint. (Pixabay License).
While ending cannabis prohibition remains a key ambition of many Badger State residents, their toolbox of strategies may need to change. Advocates like
Eric Marsch, of Southeastern Wisconsin NORML, a pro-cannabis organization, are beginning to re-focus their efforts away from the state level.
“For so long we’d been beating our head against the wall at the state level,” Marsch told
Wisconsin Examiner. “I think that trying to refocus on the local level gives us more momentum, gives us more victories, helps get more people active. And so, I think we’ll be able to channel that into some statewide victories next year in 2022. I think things are looking pretty good in terms of building up support on the local level.”
On 4/20, local weed ordinances lead to patchwork of decriminalization
While marijuana possession is not legal in Wisconsin, there is a new push to eliminate the fines for it. Share Updated: 6:41 PM CDT Apr 20, 2021
On 4/20, local weed ordinances lead to patchwork of decriminalization
While marijuana possession is not legal in Wisconsin, there is a new push to eliminate the fines for it. Share Updated: 6:41 PM CDT Apr 20, 2021
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Show Transcript COMMUNITY TO THE NEXT, WHICH SOME SAY COULD BE A PROBLEM. GROUPS PUSHING FOR MARIJUANA REFORM IN WISCONSIN, ARE AIMING WISCONSIN ARE AIMING LOWER. WE’LL GO WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE MOST DIRECT SAY, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. ACTIVIST ERIC MARSCH HAS BEEN BEEN LOBBYING FOR CHANGE ONE CITY AND COUNTY AT A TIME FOR A REDUCTION IN FINES FOR POSSESSION OF LESS THAN OUNCE OF MARIJUANA. WHILE MOST SUBURBS STILL HAVE FINES IN THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, MILWAUKEE COUNTY IS MOVING TO A ONE DOLLAR FINE FOR
MILWAUKEE, Wis. In Wisconsin, Milwaukee County is considering dropping the fine for possessing a small about of marijuana from hundreds of dollars to just a dollar.
The proposal comes the same week the governor proposed legalizing and taxing marijuana across the state, WISN reported. This resolution will reduce the fine of possession of 25 grams of marijuana to no more than a dollar, said Sylvia Ortiz-Velez with the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.
Ortiz-Velez said her proposed ordinance would be a de facto decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana in the county.
A fine of a buck would be a significant drop from the fines right now that can add up to $250-500.