Posted on 05/13/2011 10:39:56 PM PDT by matt04
HARTFORD —— The drive to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana appears to be coming up short in the legislature this year.
Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, D-New Haven, conceded Friday that a bill to soften the penalty for possession of a half-ounce of pot or less does not currently have enough support in the chamber.
"We did have a caucus last week and we were somewhat short of the number to pass it with purely Democratic votes,'' Looney said. "We may circle back around to that issue again.''
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I think us Californians can carry up to an ounce..... no harm, no foul. Not even a misdemeaner.
Big part of the reason why CA sucks too.
That’s too bad. Too much effort is already spent chasing the demon weed.
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