ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Gov. Martin O'Malley has signed a bill that decriminalizes the possession of small amounts of marijuana starting in October.
Maryland is now the 17th state in the U.S. to decriminalize marijuana. The Democratic governor says the law should improve public safety by freeing police officers to focus on more serious threats.
The Maryland State's Attorneys Association sent O'Malley a letter Friday, urging him to veto the measure. The group's president says the bill was passed too hastily. Charles Smith wanted amendments that would keep it a crime to smoke pot in public or carry it onto school property.
O'Malley also approved a measure to improve the distribution of medical marijuana.
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4 comments:
I have a question - can I now legally hang out in the girls bathroom and smoke a joint? You know, if I'm feeling gender confused at the moment I fire up.
6:55 - Not until October(and you'll still get a $100 fine).
better read the law… smoking pot in public still a criminal offense.
That is because the paraphernalia laws still stand. This means that if you are smoking a joint you will be arrested for possesion of paper, not possesion of pot. This also means that the law has not really changed because if I were pulled over for possesion, the cop will search my car UNTIL he finds something, anything that I could smoke out of and lock me up. (i.e. cigars, aluminum foil, hell even an apple).
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