Which american state has the harshest weed laws.

Just wondering which american state has the harshest weed laws.In the uk it is decriminalised.Big up alaskan weed laws and next time i hope your full legalisation bid works.

 

Everywhere i been the popo hate weed smokers, so all?

 

different states have different ways of handling drugs. in Texas, you can go to jail for less than an ounce, whereas in New York you'd just get a fine.

 

When you say jail do you mean a prison sentence or just an over night stay why you are processed.

 

Here, if it is less than a few joints they'll usually just throw it away, no fine, depending on the cop. Ohio is decriminalized. It takes an excess of 100 grams (nearly 4 ounces) to get any jail time here.

The harshest state I would say is Hell's Pit: New Jersey. Florida, Texas, and Georgia (I think) are also dickheads. Mainly southeastern states.

 

How would possesion of a schedule1 drug be treated in ohio.In the uk for a first offence you would get a caution this is basically something where the charge would sit on record for five years then be scrapped off your record.There would be no court apperance or any fine.

 

All depends what the cop feels like doing in that particular situation. If hes havin a bad day, he might take his anger out on some harmless stoners, if hes having a good day he might cut em some slack. Thats just my opinion.

 

Pretty harsh...

'cause in America, we kill children and are brainwashed by a middle-eastern controlled news media...

 

for pennsylvania, it says:
Possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $500. The penalties for possession of greater than 30 grams increase to a possible one year in prison and a fine up to $5,000.

i've had friends caught with weed before though and didn't go to jail, i think just probation.. so yeah its whatever the cops feel like doing, and how nice they are etc.

 

Most people here never get much. A friend of mine got busted with a little over a half pound a few years ago and he barely even got probation. Meanwhile the kid who was with him at the time might go to prison because of it... but that was only cuz he never went to high school, doesn't do his minimal community service, and has pissed dirty on every drug test they've given him.

The worst thing I've ever heard happened in Atlanta. I read in Cannabis Culture that some seventeen year old black kid in Atlanta got busted for an armed robbery that totaled 5 bucks or something. About a month into his probation, he tested positive for weed and got sentenced to life in prison. They said he might get out though because some news program ran a segment that compared his sentence to some white kid who never even went to prison and was in the same exact situation.

 

it takes over an O to get jail time here.

 

Jersey's pretty bad. You can check out the norml site to see specific laws and whatnot...and i've looked into both NJ and Fla (may be moving there) and both states really suck.

 

minnesota you can have up to 42.5g on your person without getting jail time

 

I think you only have to worry about going to jail for weed if you're black or have a whole lot of it. Everyone I know has always either had probation, a fine, and/or community service. I know somebody who got caught with a half pound in New York and only got probation.

 

here ya go,, see for yourself state by state..

http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4516

 

you need to brush up on your laws..

tennessee
Possession Any Amount misdemeanor up to 1 year and or $2,500 fine

First convictions for any misdemeanor has a mandatory minimum fine of $250. Second convictions $500, and subsequent convictions, $1,000.

my guess is you would have to have over a qp to do any time in tennessee...

 

I just looked it up for North Dakota...

Possession:

Less than 1/2 oz*: misdemeanor + 30 days + $1,000
Less than 1/2 oz while operating a motor vehicle*: misdemeanor + 1 year + $1,000
1/2 to 1 oz*: misdemeanor + 1 year + $2,000
More than 1 oz: felony + 5 years + $5,000

*First convictions can be removed from the record after 2 years of no further criminal violations. Positive drug test is possession.

Sale or Cultivation:

Less than 100 lbs: felony + 10 years + $10,000
100 lbs or more: felony + 20 years + $10,000
Within 1,000 feet of school: felony + increased penalty + increased penalty

 

Better check out the Federal laws, too. Some have mandatory minimums = no parole. A kid I went to college with got caught with a joint in around 1970 and got six years Federal time. He had to pull every day of it. He was pretty permanently bitter when he got out.

 

Well i can definately say Utah is probably up with the highest. It sucks pretty bad if you get caught around here.

Less than 1 oz misdemeanor 6 months $1,000
Paraphernalia possession misdemeanor 6 months $1,000

And it get's worse the more you have. =\

 

yea.. it wouldnt suprise me that Utah is the worst.. its filled with mormons and if im not mistaken its a dry state too.. meaning no sales of alcohol