Quote Originally Posted by IAmKowalski
Here's the text of the bill:


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So yes, it eliminates criminal penalties for personal use and possession up to 100 grams. It stops far short of common sense, however. It doesn't legitimize the industry, it doesn't allow for regulation of sale (to control the minimum age of purchase for instance), in fact it doesn't allow for sale at all.

Why would anyone want to prevent the regulation and taxation of the largest cash crop in the country? Why would we want to keep it on the black market?

Anyone who knows a bit about this plant knows that the current situation is just plain silly - but why, then, would we stop so short of actually FIXING the situation, and instead continue the climate of prohibition?

Yes, this could be a step in the right direction in that it would give the public at large time to become more familiar with Marijuana and its effects. Yes, it would allow very small scale home growing of a tiny bonsai plant or two.... but I only see this as a good thing as a stepping stone toward the eventual legalization and regulation of Marijuana.

Even for home growers - how much do you think you can grow if the weight of all of your living plants, plus the weight of any dried bud on hand all has to be under 100 grams? That would mean the stems, leaves, and possibly (depending on how the law would be interpreted in your locality) even the roots all weighed while wet and living (and all of that water in the plant is likely to double its weight)? Do you think you're going to be able to make the cops understand that the rest of the plant doesn't count? Do you think you're going to make them understand that if they would just come back in a week that bud hanging in your closet would weigh a hell of a lot less because it would have time to dry out? Good luck.

i agree 100%! i was simply stating that it could possibly be a step in the right direction.

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