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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Marijuana decriminalized in Delaware

DOVER — Speaker of the House Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf voted in favor of a bill decriminalizing marijuana in Delaware, but, he said, the passage of House Bill 39 doesn’t mean the drug is now legal in the state.

“We’re still saying it’s wrong,” said Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach, adding that getting caught with a small amount of marijuana is now on par with a major traffic offense.

HB39 decriminalizes possession of a small amount of marijuana for Delaware adults. The bill was signed into law June 18 by Gov. Jack Markell after having passed through the Senate down party lines earlier in the day.

Introduced in January by Rep. Helene Keeley, D-Wilmington South, the bill removes criminal penalties and potential jail time and replaces them with a civil fine similar to a traffic ticket.

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 24, 2015 at 12:37 PM

    Common sense.

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  2. AnonymousJune 24, 2015 at 3:48 PM

    Of course.. If Mar' is decriminalized the cops can't detain you "when" they "smell" it in your car.

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  3. AnonymousJune 24, 2015 at 3:55 PM

    Governments know just how lucrative taxing addictive substances is (i.e., Tobacco). As long as it's illegal, they can't tax weed. NOW they can.

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  4. AnonymousJune 24, 2015 at 5:24 PM

    Sure they can, if not just to determine how much you have in your car and to bust you for paraphernalia.

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