Re: virginia-lt-gov-ralph-northam-calls-for-decriminalization-of-marijuana/
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Bud Smoker
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Date: November 24, 2017 08:26AM
Being a resident of Virginia, I am wholly in favor of legalizing marijuana in Maryland and the District. I'm also in favor decriminalizing it (with a few fairly large cut outs) in Virginia.
The first cut out would be that if you are found to be operating a motor vehicle while you're high, you'd catch a misdemeanor charge with mandatory jail time.
The second would be if you're found in possession of marijuana while you're operating a motor vehicle, there is an automatic presumption that you're operating a motor vehicle while high, and you catch the charge above.
The message needs to be, "Smoke dope and drive a car, and you're going to fucking jail." Not just bullshit fines and classes; at the very least you're going to be spending every weekend from Friday night to Sunday evening for the next year in jail.
Finally, no sales. If you sell marijuana to somebody or try the bullshit "buy a shitty poster/t-shirt/whatever and get a free bud" scheme they're using in D. C., you go to prison, not jail.