Illinois: Marijuana Legalization Measure Introduced
Source: NORML
Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation to permit adults to legally possess and cultivate personal use amounts of marijuana.
Senate Bill 753 amends the criminal code to remove criminal and civil penalties specific to the possession of up to 30 grams of cannabis and/or the cultivation of up to five plants by those age 21 or older.
According to 2010 analysis of marijuana arrest data, Illinois police arrest some 50,000 individuals annually for simple marijuana possession offenses. Illinois ranks #5 in the nation in per capita marijuana possession arrests. Those arrested are disproportionately people of color. For example, in Chicago, some 95 percent of those arrested for marijuana possession are either Black or Hispanic.
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RKP5637
(67,084 posts)Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)that it simply won't work.
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)Leave it to the idiots in our state to mess up something so easy. That's why I have little hope for this effort.
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)coffeenap
(3,173 posts)Wish banking could catch up so we don't have trucks and warehouses full of cash....
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)If you look at the pattern of states that now have vote by mail and legalized marijuana, it correlates heavily...
Vote by mail:
Washington, Oregon, Colorado
Legalized marijuana
Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Alaska
I have to believe Alaskans should also try now to get in vote by mail. It makes sense for the geography of this state, and greater vote turnout could help perhaps get more democrats elected there too.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Which is likely why the repuke establishment has not pushed it.
mopinko
(69,982 posts)they continue to arrest people even tho they are supposed to just issue tickets.
i think this will pass and i think rauner will sign it. we need to reduce the prison population here in a big way. it is one of rauner's first issues.
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)TeamPooka
(24,204 posts)Sienna86
(2,148 posts)Will be interesting to watch.