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Kennesaw council debates city-level cannabis penalties, sponsor withdraws proposal for more research
Summary
Councilmember Anthony proposed lowering penalties and adopting a local harm-reduction approach to misdemeanor cannabis possession during the May 27 work session. The proposal prompted extended debate on public safety, measurement and record impacts; the sponsor withdrew the item to allow more research and will bring it back later.
Councilmember Anthony introduced a proposal at the Kennesaw City Council work session on May 27 to lower local penalties for misdemeanor cannabis possession and to consider a harm-reduction ordinance aimed at reducing negative consequences of drug use.
The item prompted more than two hours of council discussion that ranged from historical inequities and criminal‑justice impacts to concerns about impaired driving, testing limitations and collateral consequences of a criminal record. After questions and pushback, Anthony said he would withdraw the matter for further research and bring it back later for council consideration.
A harm reduction ordinance, Anthony said, “is a law passed by a city or county that aims to reduce negative consequences…
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