Today, I’m pleased to announce that we'll no longer be charging cases related to marijuana or entheogenic plants (naturally occurring psychedelics).
— Eli Savit (@EliNSavit) January 12, 2021
We'll also—categorically—be supporting expungement of old records relating to those substances, if someone’s legally eligible. /1 pic.twitter.com/4sm4TZ9Ls6
Last fall, Ann Arbor’s City Council unanimously adopted a resolution making entheogenic plants the “lowest law enforcement priority.”
— Eli Savit (@EliNSavit) January 12, 2021
With such plants functionally decriminalized in our largest city, it would be arbitrary to keep charging people in other parts of Washtenaw. /11 pic.twitter.com/E1rDRWyeC0
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