Pot decriminalization petitions to be submitted on Miami Beach

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Efforts to decriminalize marijuana in Miami Beach have reached a new high.

Supporters of an amendment to decriminalize the adult possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana will present a petition with 9,000 signatures collected on Miami Beach to city officials at Wednesday’s commission meeting.

As long as roughly 4,300 of the signatures are verified as Miami Beach voters, the petitions should trigger a city-wide vote that could potentially allow police officers to issue a $100 fine for small-time possession of marijuana.

"It's a great day for the marijuana legalization movement in Florida," Ford Banister, the chairman on the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy, said in a press release. "For the first time, Florida voters will soon decide a marijuana related question."


Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/12/2311284/pot-decriminalization-petitions.html#ixzz1S1BC3Q4u

 

[Monkeybizness]

yes please!!!!!!!!!!

 

[23536]

Beach City Attorney: Pot decriminalization effort likely unlawful


Miami Beach’s city attorney says activists pushing to decriminalize personal stashes of marijuana in the city are smoking something if they think their proposed charter amendment will hold up to a legal challenge.

Jose Smith opined Thursday that the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy’s proposal to create a civil fine for possession of small amounts of pot conflicts with state law.

“It’s not a petition that would pass legal muster if it ever went to court,” Smith said.


Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/...rney-pot-decriminalization.html#ixzz1UpdtRglJ

 

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[LogicSoDeveloped]

I think it would be sweet for miami. If only my state would do the same.

 

[23536]

This would be a great step forward, but it is untenable. City police would scale down their enforcement, but county cops and state troopers would proceed as usual. Does that happen anywhere else in the country, that your punishment depends on the agency that busts you?

 

[Splinterguitar69]

This would be a great step forward, but it is untenable. City police would scale down their enforcement, but county cops and state troopers would proceed as usual. Does that happen anywhere else in the country, that your punishment depends on the agency that busts you?

California. The Feds will put you away for legally alleviating your pain and suffering

Oh what a world we live in