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State Bill Would Knock Possession of Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana to an Infraction

by on 08/06/10 at 2:44 am

While all eyes, red and otherwise, are on November’s vote on marijuana legalization in California, the state Senate narrowly voted this week to reclassify possession of less than an ounce of weed as an infraction with a penalty of $100 rather than its current status as a misdemeanor with the same fine.

Since possession of a less than an ounce is not punishable by jail time, “That’s an infraction, by definition,” according to Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), the author of SB 1449.

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