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	"author_name": "Wisconsin Cannabis Activist Network (Wisco-CAN)",
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	"title": "Remove All Penalties for Possession of Marijuana",
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	"description": "Changes for Milwaukee County In February 2021, Supervisor Sylvia Ortiz-Velez introduced a resolution to the county board that will lower fines for possession of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia to just $1 in Milwaukee County, down from the current fines of $250-$500. Please find out who your County Supervisor is and call or email them, telling them you want them to vote in favor of this resolution. Changes for Cities and Villages Due to the nuances of law, the change in county ordinance will actually only lower the fines issued by Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Deputies. Most arrests in Milwaukee County are issued by local police. In addition, due to another nuance of law, municipalities (cities and villages) are able to go further in reducing penalties than the county is. Specifically, while the county can only lower fines to $1, municipalities can remove all penalties! This is de facto legalization! Madison actually just did this in November. Their new ordinance explicitly says “A person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older may possess cannabis or cannabis derivatives in an amount not to exceed twenty-eight (28) grams on public property with the permission of the property owner, landlord or tenant or on private property.“ Madison Ordinance Changes The Madison ordinances were changed in three parts: Allowing the possession of up to 28g of marijuana with a few limited exceptions (such as school grounds) Allowing the possession of marijuana paraphernalia Adding cannabis to Madison’s indoor smoking ban (a reasonable trade-off) Sign Our Petition and Attend Our Meeting To support our efforts to remove all penalties in Milwaukee County’s 19 municipalities, please look up who your local representative is on your municipality’s website and/or sign our petition below. We will be turning in petition signatures to the municipalities on a regular basis. Some of these municipalities will be more resistant to change than others. We encourage you to not only sign our petition, but to also get more directly involved. We are more than happy to assist you in talking with your representatives and working with you to reduce or remove penalties in your community. Sign up to be a Cannabis Activist and a team member will contact you. Local officials prefer to hear from members of their community, so your assistance makes our advocacy much more powerful. Below is the text of our petition and a form to sign. The phone number is optional, but encouraged if you would like us to keep you updated on how you can best help this initiative.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/remove-all-penalties-for-possession-of-marijuana"
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