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[email protected] of a criminal record, a bar to jobs in law enforcement and the Between 2010 and 2014, armed services, and eligibility 44,860 marijuana possession for public housing and some cases were closed in Miami- college scholarships. Dade County, accounting for 10 Tampa is the latest in the state percent of all cases filed in the to propose a change; under the city’s criminal court system. proposal, a citation would carry a In response to these numbers, fine and could require mandatory county drug counseling commissioners but would hold no took steps to more weight than decriminalize a traffic ticket.