– This week: Chicago City Council overwhelmingly approves of lowering marijuana possession penalties and the NJ General Assembly approves marijuana decriminalization.

June 23, 2012 MSNBC News MOXNews.com

(Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Friday he would back a proposal that would decriminalize possessing small amounts of marijuana, the latest major US political figure to support diminished penalties for the drug’s use. Under the proposed

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed an initiative to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana.