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Marijuana decriminalization punted to committee by City Council in heated meeting


Clarksville Now
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A proposal to effectively decriminalize simple possession of marijuana in the Clarksville city limits was punted to a committee by the City Council Thursday night.
The resolution,  sponsored by Ward 12 council member Trisha Butler, would encourage the Police Department to make simple possession “the lowest enforcement priority,” and ask District Attorney General John Carney Jr. to take “an active stance or position of not prosecuting persons for simple possession or casual exchange of marijuana for personal use.”
The resolution wouldn’t change any laws, but it expresses support for decriminalization at the state level, which would have to be taken up by the Tennessee General Assembly. ....

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