A number of efforts are under way in Alabama, pushing to legalize the use of marijuana.
Believe it or not, a lot of people say they are for marijuana legalization in the state. According to the marijuana policy project, a nonprofit in Alabama, our state has some of the harshest marijuana penalties in the country.
Possession of a single joint is punishable, by up to a year in prison. Early this year, Representative Patricia Todd filed House Bill 269, to eliminate criminal penalties for first offense possession of under an ounce of marijuana.
“I agree. It needs to be regulated and it seems less harmful than some of the things we do regulate around here. Cigarettes, I’m a smoker and that’s the worse thing ever. To sell that and have it available to kids that are 21, 19, 18 that’s it. You can’t even buy a beer, but you can buy cigarettes. That to me seem bias against what we know about marijuana,” said Thomas Gallaspie.
Very controversial topic here in Alabama. Many hope in this upcoming legislative session they can see some improvements in our state’s marijuana policies.
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