Drive on: New Virginia law changes punishment for marijuana possession
http://wavy.com/2017/06/26/drive-on-new-virginia-law-changes-punishment-for-marijuana-possession/
“When a defendant is able to maintain their license, then they’re also able to complete their community service more effectively. They’re able to get to work, to get their children to school and to complete whatever is required in their sentence so that they can move on from this infraction.”
Thank you to Senator Adam Ebbin and Delegate Les Adams for patroning this much needed legislation.
It will allow a judge to opt for additional community service instead of automatically suspending someone’s driver’s license for six months.
On Saturday, several new laws will go into effect in Virginia.
One will help more people keep their driver’s license after being charged with marijuana possession. It will allow a judge to opt for additional community service instead of automatically suspending someone’s driver’s license for six months. HB 2051 / SB 1091 impacts adults who were not operating a vehicle at the time of the offense.
http://wric.com/2017/06/26/drive-on-new-virginia-law-changes-punishment-for-marijuana-possession/
Every 50 seconds, a person is arrested for marijuana.
Take less time than that to send a message to your Representative to support HR 1227, the bipartisan Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act
Federal: Bill Introduced To End Federal Marijuana Prohibition
http://act.norml.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=20483
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