By James Roxbury
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Harrisburg City Council Legislative Session Tuesday July 5th 6:00 PM.
Harrisburg City Council shall consider the passage of Bill 4-2016 (As Amended) at the Legislative Session on Tuesday, July 5th at 6:00 PM, to be held in the City Council Chambers, Room 101 of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. City Government Center, 10 North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA.
Said Bill is created for the purpose of the following: Bill 4-2016 (As Amended) - An Ordinance amending Chapter 3-330 General Offenses, by adding Section 373 providing for the assessment of fines for the PERSONAL possession OR PERSONAL USE of small amounts of MARIJUANA AND THE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA PARAPHERNALIA in the City of Harrisburg under certain conditions.
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Archive video March 2016.
Harrisburg city council held the first of two public meetings Thursday evening at HACC Midtown campus to discuss Bill 4-2016.
The meeting was moderated by Cornelius Johnson, chair of public safety committee.
Panel members.
Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico
Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse
Harrisburg Police Chief Tom Carter
Council President Wanda Williams
Council member Destini Hodges
Council member Westburn Majors
Brandon Flood, executive director of the Pennsylvania Black Caucus
Bill 4-2016: An Ordinance amending Chapter 3-330 General Offenses, by adding Section 373 providing for the assessment of a fine for the possession of small amounts of cannabis in the City of Harrisburg under certain terms and conditions.
Questions from the audience.
The racial makeup of marijuana arrests
A minister against legalizing marijuana
Community service and medical marijuana
The gateway drug is pharmaceutical
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Archive video February 8, 2016.
Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse held a press event Monday morning to announce a proposal to reduce the charge of marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to a summary offense for 30 grams or less.
Mayor Eric Papenfuse.
We are not pro marijuana. People make mistakes.
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Photo of Ava Berg file.