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In April 2015, the city of Wichita voted to decriminalize cannabis municipally, with a vote of 54-45, reducing first time possession to a criminal infraction with a $50 fine, rather than a misdemeanor with fines up to $2500 and a year of jail time, as under state law. The Kansas Attorney General stated that he would sue the city if the measure ...
Kansas law allows CBD use without THC. ... In Kansas, marijuana possession is considered a misdemeanor and is punishable by a maximum of six months imprisonment and a maximum fine of $1,000 for ...
Kansas law enforcement agencies face important choices if Missouri legalizes recreational marijuana. ... Possession of marijuana in Kansas is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of six ...
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 ...
Trucks transporting cash to and from marijuana businesses are sometimes stopped by law enforcement; DEA agents with local law enforcement seized $165,620 during one stop in 2021 along Interstate ...
1927: New York, [14] Idaho, Kansas, Montana, and Nebraska ban marijuana. [15] 1931: Illinois bans marijuana. [16] 1931: Texas declares cannabis a narcotic, allowing up to life sentences for possession. [17] 1933: North Dakota and Oklahoma ban marijuana. [15] By this year, 29 states have criminalized cannabis. [18]
Kansas is one of 10 U.S. states where marijuana remains illegal and criminalized, including for people who rely on it to treat chronic pain and other medical conditions.
The NAACP has been strong supporters of the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act – H.R. 1523 and has reached out to members of congress to get this act passed. [160] This act is designed to decrease penalties for low-level marijuana possession and supports prohibiting federal enforcement of marijuana laws in states which have lesser penalties. [161]