Two congressional staffers familiar with the effort said Eastern Shore Rep. Andy Harris has drafted an amendment to preclude D.C. officials from implementing a new law to eliminate criminal penalties for possession of the plant in the nation’s capital.
Decriminalization passed the D.C. Council in March and was signed into law by Mayor Vincent C. Gray. The law is nearing the end of a required congressional review period. If Congress does not act to upend it, the law would replace the current federal penalty of up to $1,000 and a year in jail with a civil fine of just $25. Those caught smoking marijuana in public could be sentenced to a maximum of 60 days in jail, similar to the penalty for carrying an open container of alcohol.
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8 comments:
So much for the city's self-rule.
should not be able to smoke in public... what is the penalty?
But he is totally against the nanny state, right?
What a hypocrite. How many of you just voted for him AGAIN!?
4:27 -- how does his position on this issue make him a hypocrite, apart from your just saying so?
He won so he must be doing what the majority of his constituents want him to do. It's called democracy, by the way.
I voted for him, however I don't agree with him on this issue.
5:23
A smaller federal government is his platform. How does this line up with that position?
Not going to gain him any votes, this is a loser for him.
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