Monthly Archives: October 2011

Arizona

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Incarceration

Fine
Possession
less than 2 lbs misdemeanor or felony 6 months – 1.5 years $750 – $150,000
2 lbs to 4 lbs misdemeanor or felony 9 months – 2 years $750 – $150,000
4 lbs or more felony 1.5 – 3 years $750 – $150,000
Near school or bus felony additional 1 year additional $2000
Probation eligibility for first and second conviction with drug treatment and testing (exception with medical prescription)
Cultivation
Less than 2 lbs misdemeanor or felony 9 months – 2 years $750 – $150,000
2 lbs to 4 lbs felony 1.5 – 3 years $750 – $150,000
4 lbs or more felony 2.5 – 7 years $750 – $150,000
Possession for Sale
Less than 2 lbs felony 1.5 – 3 years $750 – $150,000
2 lbs to 4 lbs felony
2.5 – 7 years
 $750 – $150,000
4 lbs or more felony
4 – 10 years
 $750 – $150,000
Sale or Delivery for Sale
Less than 2 lbs felony 2.5 – 7 years $750 – $150,000
2 lbs or more felony
4 – 10 years
 $750 – $150,000
Miscellaneous (paraphernalia, license suspensions, drug tax stamps, etc… )
Paraphernalia possession and sale misdemeanor or felony 6 months – 1.5 years up to $150,000

Source: norml.org

Alaska

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Incarceration

Fine
Possession
1 oz or less in your residence or home no penalty N/A N/A
1 oz to 4 oz misdemeanor 90 days
$1,000
More than 4 oz, or 25 or more plants felony 5 years
$50,000
Any amount within 500 feet of school grounds or rec. center* felony 5 years
$50,000
* If charged with possession of marijuana in a school zone, an affirmative defense may be raised in court that the conduct took place entirely within a private residence.
Sale or Cultivation
Sale less than 1 oz misdemeanor 1 year
$5,000
1 oz or more felony 5 years
$50,000
Miscellaneous (paraphernalia, license suspensions, drug tax stamps, etc…)
Maintaining any structure or dwelling for keeping and distributing marijuana felony 5 years
$50,000

Source: norml.org

Alabama

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Incarceration

Fine
Possession
2.2 lbs or less misdemeanor 0 – 1 year $6,000
2.2 lbs or less (second conviction) felony 1 - 10 years $15,000
More than 2.2 lbs felony 1 - 10 years $15,000
Trafficking
2.2 to 100 lbs felony 3 years MMS* $25,000
100 to 500 lbs felony 5 years MMS* $50,000
500 to 1000 lbs felony 15 years MMS* $200,000
More than 1000 lbs felony life MMS*
*Mandatory minimum sentence.
Sale
To minors felony 10 years – life
Within 3 miles of a school felony
5 years**
Within 3 miles of a public housing project felony
5 years**
**These sentences run consecutive to other sentences and cannot be probated.
Miscellaneous (paraphernalia, license suspensions, drug tax stamps, etc… )
Paraphernalia possession or sale misdemeanor 0 – 1 year $2,000
Paraphernailia sale to minor 3 or more years younger than the seller felony 2 – 20 years $10,000

Source: norml.org

Uruguay

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Uruguay Marijuana Laws

Uruguay Marijuana LawsCannabis is legal to grow in small amounts in this South American country. The Uruguayan law and governments do not treat the user or consumer as the problem and consumption of cannabis is legal and not criminalized under laws of the land. However, traffic, distribution, and production of cannabis are prohibited.

United States of America

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United States of America Marijuana Laws

United States of America Marijuana LawsCannabis is classified under the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970 as a Schedule I drug. The United States prohibits the possession, use, sale, purchase, and cultivation of marijuana.

In the year 1996, California voters passed Proposition 215, later renamed the Compassionate Use Act. The act allows patients with the valid recommendation of a doctor and the designated primary caregivers of the patient to possess and cultivate marijuana for personal medical use. The act was soon followed by similar laws in other US states (Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington).

In January 1998, Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Cooperative was sued by the US government for violation of federal laws created as a result of Controlled Substances Act of 1970. The United States Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers’ Coop on May 14, 2001 that federal anti-drug laws do not permit an exception for medical cannabis. The Supreme Court rejected the common-law medical necessity defense to crimes enacted under the Controlled Substances Act as the Congress concluded cannabis has “no currently accepted medical use” when the Controlled Substances Act was passed in 1970.

The National Center for Natural Products Research (part of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Mississippi) in Oxford, Mississippi is the only facility in the country that is federally licensed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse to cultivate cannabis for scientific research.

United Kingdom

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United Kingdom Marijuana Laws

United Kingdom Marijuana LawsThe plant cannabis is a schedule 1 drug in all forms (leaf, bud, resin etc.) and not available for regular medicinal use. A medicinal extract, Sativex, is licensed for use in clinical trials and an unlicensed drug for named patients.

The synthetic cannabinoid, Nabilone, is licensed as a Schedule 4 drug under laws of the country for use in chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting besides being widely used for treating pain and spasticity. Growing any cannabis (for medicinal or recreational purposes) is illegal, with no exceptions, unless authorized by a government license.

Turkey

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Turkey Marijuana Laws

Turkey Marijuana LawsThe cultivation of cannabis is strictly controlled by the Turkish government, primarily because of its seeds that are used as a spice in some food items like bread and other baked products. In the country, the THC-containing cannabis is totally forbidden. Sale of cannabis (trafficking) is punishable with long-term imprisonment while individuals carrying less than 12.5g of weed are made to attend rehab once a week and subjected to mandatory drug screenings for a period of six months if it is a first offense.

Switzerland

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Switzerland Marijuana Laws

Switzerland Marijuana LawsIn Switzerland, cannabis is classified as a narcotic substance and its production or sale is punishable by a monetary penalty or imprisonment of up to three years. The country tolerates limited public consumption and more than 100 tons of cannabis was produced per year on some 250 hectares of land in 1998.