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Bill Passed May Make Growing Marijuana Legal
Posted by FoM on February 23, 2001 at 19:50:49 PT
By John Wilkerson, Associated Press Writer
Source: SF Gate 
Nevada legislators are scrambling to fix a law passed in 1999 that could be interpreted to allow individuals to legally grow up to 99 pounds of marijuana. Prosecutors advised legislators that a bill was needed to fix the potential problem, and on Friday the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to introduce the needed measure. Senate Judiciary Chairman Mark James said he thought Nevada's ban on growing marijuana was intact, but learned that the 1999 action made the statute open to interpretation. 
``As it is, if you grew marijuana it wouldn't be a crime unless you had enough of it to be charged for trafficking,'' James added. James also said the committee's bill patching up the original law won't conflict with a voter mandate that the Legislature establish a method of distributing medical marijuana. ``We will consider making an appropriate exemption to implement the medical marijuana law,'' James said. ``It wouldn't be right to make criminals out of people who are trying to implement the medical marijuana law.'' Voters authorized use of marijuana by cancer, AIDS and glaucoma victims. The Legislature must come up with a way of keeping track of people needing medical marijuana, and ensuring they can get the otherwise illegal hemp. Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani, D-Las Vegas wants to set up a state registry of marijuana users similar to the registry operated by state health officials in Oregon. Unlike Oregon, which lets authorized users grow marijuana plants, she wants the state to provide marijuana, possibly through a state-run farm. Giunchigliani also has introduced a bill that would reduce penalties for possession of marijuana. Under the bill, people with small amounts of marijuana would have to pay $500 penalties. When convicted a second time, they also must attend a course on drug usage. Nevada law now makes possession of any amount of marijuana a felony offense, though generally offenders bargain the crime down to a lesser penalty. Complete Title: Bill Passed Last Legislative Session May Make Growing Marijuana Legal Source: Associated PressAuthor: John Wilkerson, Associated Press WriterPublished: Friday, February 23, 2001 Copyright: 2001 Associated PressCannabisNews - Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml
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Comment #4 posted by John Ryan on April 30, 2001 at 13:21:47 PT:
make it legal
marijuana... why illegal. the question everyone wants to know. is marijuana that much worse than alcohol. they could atleast make it barely legal. No public display of highness??? he it could happen. atleast when you are baked you can think , when you are drunk you cant think. if i was the damn government i would reconcider. tobacco is more harmful to yourself and alcohol is harmful for all , if i had it my way marijuana would be legal. 1 out of 4 high school students are current users of marijuana anyways.
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Comment #3 posted by kaptinemo on February 24, 2001 at 06:18:28 PT:
That WILL do!
As in "Hold it right there, you porcine power-grabbers!" This is the same kind of stunt that the Arizona Legislature pulled immediately after Prop200 was passed by the electorate. They moved to gut the very law that had been passed by the people, as if the the people were too dumb to know what they were doing. It wound up being passed again by the people in a second vote, and a lot of pols seemed the get the message then. I sincerely hope that any Nevadans reading this let their representatives know that this is not a smart move on their parts.
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on February 23, 2001 at 22:03:15 PT
When I saw this article
When I saw this article an ending to the movie Babe came to my mind. I said it without thinking because I am respectful of what I call a police person. I looked at my husband after I said it and we both couldn't stop laughing. I hope others get it.I said. That's will do, pig! I hope others saw Babe or this will sounds really dumb.
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Comment #1 posted by legalizeit on February 23, 2001 at 21:55:38 PT
Fix what law?
Nothing wrong with it as far as I can see. Only through perverted prohibitionist eyes is legally grown pot a "problem" that needs "fixing."Why is a state that's so lax about the Oldest Profession so hard nosed about pot?Gotta love politics.>When convicted a second time, they also must attend a course on drug usageHeh, heh... I know what they're talking about but I imagined the teacher saying, "OK, so you want to smoke a bowl. This is a good pipe to start with. You may want to try a bong..."
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