Friday, October 01, 2010

Pot Ticket

How do you reduce the penalties for carrying pot?

You have a major recession which forces states to make serious budget choices.

CBS: Schwarzenegger Reduces Charge for Marijuana
"In this time of drastic budget cuts, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement, and the courts cannot afford to expend limited resources prosecuting a crime that carries the same punishment as a traffic ticket," Schwarzenegger wrote in a signing statement.


The new rules go into effect in California January 1, 2011.

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