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5 Years of Making “Good Trouble”
Dana Vickers Shelley celebrates and reflects on her fifth anniversary as Executive Director of the ACLU of Maryland.
By Dana Vickers Shelley
Commentary: The smell of marijuana and the stain of racism
As of July 1, 2023, marijuana will be legal in Maryland. There is no reason why the odor of a legal substance should continue to be used as a tool by law enforcement to stop and search people, especially when police have disproportionately stopped and searched Black and Brown people.
By Yanet Amanuel, Dana Vickers Shelley
Marylanders Took Action on Lobby Day 2023
ACLU staff and their family members, activists, students, community leaders, and concerned residents from all corners of Maryland came together to meet with their state legislators in Annapolis and advocate for a better Maryland for each other.
By Neydin Milián
Time to Put an End to the Racist War on Marijuana
Marylanders and people across the nation have overwhelmingly voiced that there needs to be an end to the war on marijuana.
By Neydin Milián
Your Guide to the 2023 Maryland General Assembly Session
Make a difference to our laws
By Neydin Milián, Yanet Amanuel
Opinion – Invest in children, don't criminalize them
Here at the ACLU of Maryland, we wholly embrace and support efforts to help kids be safe, but curfews have repeatedly been shown to be ineffective in making kids safer or less likely to get in trouble.
By Jared Schablein
The Road to Marijuana Legalization: Timeline So Far
What do you need to know now that it seems clear legal recreational marijuana is coming to Maryland?
By Yanet Amanuel, Neydin Milián
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