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For those that don't know:
Changes to state law
What would penalties be?
Source: https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_64,_Marijuana_Legalization_(2016)
This is an interesting one to me as you have a lot of long time activists supporting it, while others feel like this will ultimately allow a corporate takeover, even though this would impose a 5 year block on large scale operations. Some are also concerned that it will be the death of medical marijuana, which I'm told has occurred in Washington and Oregon. I really like the fact that it will effectively decriminalize marijuana usage and possession for those who are under aged.
Do you think it will pass? Do you think it should pass?
Now That Proposition 64 Passed, When Can California Start Smoking Weed?
Tomorrow.
No, really. At the stroke of midnight Nov. 9, the recreational use of marijuana will be legal in California.
While most voters were anxiously glued to Tuesday night’s elections coverage waiting to see who the next leader of the free world would be, Californians were closely eyeing Proposition 64, also known as the “weed one.”
Well, congratulations, California–the weed law (if you want to get technical, The Adult Use of Marijuana Act) passed in the Golden State, so feel free to light one up in celebration.
Although medical marijuana had already been legal in the state for 20 years — and even without a legitimate card, the most trouble anyone caught smoking would get in is probably a slap on the wrist — now cannabis is free for all.
Of course under the new law, you must be 21 years of age or older to smoke weed and you can’t just do it wherever you’d like or suddenly become the weed plug.
Smokers can only be in possession of an ounce and you can’t smoke it in public lest you are ready to be slapped with a $100 fine. And driving under the influence of marijuana is also illegal).
If you want to open up shop and start selling cannabis, you have to tell Big Brother… uhh I mean the State, first, and then Bureau of Marijuana Control will issue you a license to do so, after you pay a fee of course. So, no, your local dispensary still cannot sell marijuana to you without a medical card until the shop gets licensed–which is required to happen by January 2018.
Happy smoking.
For those that don't know:
California Proposition 64, the California Marijuana Legalization Initiative, is on the November 8, 2016, ballot in California as an initiated state statute. Supporters refer to the initiative as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act.
Changes to state law
Proposition 64 would allow adults aged 21 years or older to possess and use marijuana for recreational purposes. The measure would create two new taxes, one levied on cultivation and the other on retail price. Revenue from the taxes would be spent on drug research, treatment, and enforcement, health and safety grants addressing marijuana, youth programs, and preventing environmental damage resulting from illegal marijuana production.
What would penalties be?
Individuals under age 18 convicted of marijuana use or possession would be required to attend drug education or a counseling program and complete community service. Selling marijuana without a license would be punishable by up to six months in a county jail, a fine up to $500, or both.
If Proposition 64 is approved, individuals serving criminal sentences for activities made legal under the measure would be eligible for resentencing.
Source: https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_64,_Marijuana_Legalization_(2016)
This is an interesting one to me as you have a lot of long time activists supporting it, while others feel like this will ultimately allow a corporate takeover, even though this would impose a 5 year block on large scale operations. Some are also concerned that it will be the death of medical marijuana, which I'm told has occurred in Washington and Oregon. I really like the fact that it will effectively decriminalize marijuana usage and possession for those who are under aged.
Do you think it will pass? Do you think it should pass?
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