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Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Pot Bill
Posted by CN Staff on February 07, 2008 at 09:48:42 PT
By Daniel Barlow, Vermont Press Bureau 
Source: Times Argus
Vermont --  The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill Thursday that removes jail time as a possible penalty for most small marijuana possession cases. The bill would offer the court diversion program for people arrested for their first or second offenses for possessing one ounce or less of the plant, a far cry from the push for decriminalization that some have called for.
"What I've been told and what this committee has heard is that this is current practice across the state," said Sen. Richard Sears, D-Bennington, the chairman of the committee who offered up the changes Thursday.The bill, which passed out of the committee in a 4-1 vote, is expected to land on the full Senate floor next week.For more on this story, see Friday's Times Argus. Source: Times Argus (Barre, VT)Author: Daniel Barlow, Vermont Press Bureau Published: February 7, 2008 Copyright: 2008 Times ArgusContact: letters timesargus.comWebsite: http://www.timesargus.com/ Related Articles: Pot Law Reform Gets Day in Senatehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23649.shtmlThe Gateway To Common Sensehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23635.shtmlWhy is Pot Cultivation for Personal Use Illegal?http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23583.shtml
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Comment #1 posted by OverwhelmSam on February 07, 2008 at 10:02:35 PT
Mitt Romney Quit!
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