Marijuana Laws Will Change In Philadelphia Soon

Philadelphia Is Looking To Change Its Marijuana Laws

According to a recent announcement, it is very likely that people who get caught with small aounts of cannais or smoking tis herb in public places of Philadelphia, will no longer have to face tough laws, as decriminalization of marijuana is soon to happen here.  

The City Council of Philadelphia, just announced that they will decriminalize cannabis and it is all thanks to Mayor Michael A. Nutter changing his mind about this herb.  It was this week, when the Mayor of Philadelphia, spoke about supporting the decriminalization of marijuana and how it is unfair for black men to be arrested due to this herb.

If these new laws are approved, they will take effect on October 20 and people who are caught with less than 30 grams of marijuana, will only have to pay a $25 fine and if someone is caught consuming this herb in public, they will have to pay $100 in fines or have to do up to nine hours of community service.  

This means that people who are caught in the above situations, will no longer have to spend time at police stations or being prosecuted with a criminal record.  This is great news, because people who use cannabis for either medicinal or recreational purposes in Philadelphia, will no longer be affected in their personal lives, jobs or schools.  

The decriminalization and legalization of marijuana is now a reality and thanks to people like Mayor A. Nutter, who are changing their views about this herb and acknowledging that it is in fact better off legalized than being kept prohibited, we will soon see cannabis legalized worldwide.  

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Two New Zealand Political Parties Support Medical Cannabis Use

More Medical Marijuana Supporters

Some of you may be aware of the Internet and Mana Political Parties in New Zealand, but if you are not, you should know that these are separate groups, which have now joined forces for the next elections in this country.  Today we want to talk a little more about them, because they recently made public that they are in favor of people using cannabis for medicinal purposes and that the current laws are unfair and need to be changed soon.  

Some of the people in these political parties, said they want to "focus more on helping people, than penalizing them", which at Zip 420, we think is a great idea, as people who use cannabis as medicine should not be thrown in to jail and those who need it, should be able to grow their own or have a secured place to get their medicine at.  

Hore Harawira, who is one of the leaders and has changed his position on marijuana, (just like millions have around the world), said "we cannot shy away from the task given the number of arrests, convictions and jail time for cannabis use - with ongoing discrimination resulting in Maori making up nearly 50 per cent of convictions."  This means that they are now realizing how the current laws and prohibition settings have not worked and how they have utterly failed around the world.

Laila Harre, who is one of the Internet Party leaders, said "our party members, have strongly supported immediate decriminalization and want us to develop a model for the legalization and proper regulation of cannabis.  She also said that they support people growing marijuana for their own personal use and that possession should be decriminalized.  

Hopefully these parties do get more support for the New Zealand elections and they are able to take some of their plans into effect.  At Zip 420 we fully support them and we believe that this is the path to changing the world's mind about cannabis.

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