well an oz. a day, racer is right it varies state to state, some see it as a petty offense, like my state, colorado , but others see it as much worse, and to give u an idea, if ur caught by a federal agent its considered a misdemeanor, up to 1 yr in prison and up to a $1000 fine, pretty harsh, thats for any amount, and as for paraphernalia, its considered a felony and thats upto 3 yrs in prison but theres no fine, whoopdy doo huh, lol but ya as for the whole legalization thing i seriously doubt its gonna happen, medicinaly maybe, but if they legalized MJ for all of us and also legalized hemp, which im assuming will happen at the same time, it would run soo many diff companies into the ground: tobacco, paper, cotton, well most clothing in general, lumber, soy, diesel fuel, paint, varnish, lubricating oil, and flour. thats not all of its uses but its a good sized list. hemp can make the same products as all of these companies and its cheaper, faster, and all around just a better quality. and ya many of these companies r funding our wonderful govt to keep us citizens stupid and the smart ones in jail or shut up. but if we can somehow get past all these problems we still have our govt's pride and admitting theyve been wrong for the past almost 100 yrs. lol now im all for it being legalized, hell yea, cept that if it was legalized theyd probly just slap some major taxes on it and make the legal age 21 for all of our kids and itd just be really expensive, as it is now i can get it fairly cheap. so my advice to all smoking americans, move to amsterdam or hopefully soon to be jamacia!! they r considering it and could possibly look at the legalization bill as soon as this fall. but ya id love to see it legalized here in america i just dont see it happening, sad but true