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Possession in the First Degree, § 13A-12-213, is charged for non-"personal use" (i.e. intent to sell) and second and subsequent "personal use" offenses. This charge is a Class C felony punishable with imprisonment of 1-to-10 years (there is a mandatory minimum of 1-year-and-1-day to serve which cannot be suspended by the judge) and $15,000 fine.
1973: Oregon becomes the first state to decriminalize cannabis – reducing the penalty for up to one ounce to a $100 fine. [20] 1975: Alaska, Maine, Colorado, California, and Ohio decriminalize cannabis. [20] 1975: Alaska's Supreme Court establishes that the right to privacy includes possession of small amounts of marijuana. [21]
The law made possession a civil violation with a penalty of $25, lower than most city parking tickets. 2014, D.C. voted by ballot Initiative 71 to legalize recreational marijuana possession, cultivation, and transportation; commercial production and sale prohibited. The law went into effect February 26, 2015, following 30 days of congressional ...
—Heather Jean Smith, of 261 Park Place, Conneaut, was indicted on one count of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Smith is accused of possessing 2.5 grams of methamphetamine ...
In 2022 and 2023, Biden issued pardons for people convicted under federal law of simple possession of marijuana, attempted simple possession and use of marijuana.
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More than 30 years prior to being convicted of marijuana possession, Brooker had been convicted of armed robbery in Florida for holding up multiple liquor stores. [1] The 34 plants weighed a total of 2.85 pounds, although his lawyer argued that the usable amount was less than the 2.2 pound threshold. [1]
Taylor thought victory was in view in 2021 when Alabama overcame years of resistance in the Deep South and approved a medical cannabis program. Alabama approved a medical marijuana program in 2021 ...