By: Barry Donegan - A tipping point may have just been reached on the issue of marijuana
decriminalization in Nashville, Tennessee. At a Tuesday candidate forum
for Nashville’s 2015 mayoral race, five out of seven candidates for
mayor signaled their support of or openness to the idea of
decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana, a fact which Tennessean writer Joey Garrison
called “a sign of changing attitudes toward the drug that could boost
ongoing efforts to change the law in Davidson County.” The ongoing
efforts he mentioned include the pro-pot group TN-NORML‘s
drive to collect signatures for a petition to place a referendum on
August’s city-wide general election ballot that would allow voters to
choose whether to de facto decriminalize the possession of under two
ounces of marijuana by defunding prosecutions at the city level. (read more)
Barry Donegan served as Director-at-Large of the
Davidson County Republican Party from 2009-2011 and was the Middle
Tennessee Regional Coordinator for Ron Paul's 2012
Presidential Campaign.
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