Marijuana prohibition and enforcement of this misguided policy have effectively eroded key principles of the criminal justice system, including the Constitutional protection against illegal searches and seizures, the bail process, parole and other forms of supervised release, and more.
* We are grateful to Scott Hechinger, Senior Staff Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice at Brooklyn Defender Services, and Anthony Posada and the Legal Aid Society’s Parole Revocation Defense Unit for the knowledge and insight they shared in the development of this fact sheet.