Pending the outcome of proposed legislation in support of Tennessee marijuana legalization, the penalties form misdemeanor possession of one-half ounce or less ranged between one to six years in prison and fines between $250 and $1,000. Sale of any amount of the drug, also known as cannabis, is a felony. Selling between one-half ounce and ten pounds carries a prison sentence of one to six years, escalating to between 15 and 60 years for 300 pounds or more. Cultivation, also a felony, carries a fine of between $5,000 and $500,000 and a jail sentence from one to sixty years.
Penalties in nearby Kentucky are considerably less severe. Possession of less than eight ounces is a misdemeanor with a fine of $250 and no jail time. Sale or trafficking carries a jail sentence of between one and twenty years and fines of between $500 and $10,000. The maximum prison sentence for cultivation is no more than ten years and no more than a $10,000 fine.
As might be expected, the State of California is markedly more lenient. Here, possessing an ounce is virtually the same as a motoring offense with a fine of only $100. It takes a prize idiot to get caught for this. Carrying more than an ounce, use by anyone under the age of 18 or possession on school grounds is more serious and carries correspondingly higher penalties.
Farmers in Tennessee are also forbidden from growing hemp, a highly useful plant that, although related to cannabis, does not produce the same "high" as cannabis. Hemp is as relevant to weed as corn bread is to moonshine. Hemp is a potentially useful plant commercially and can be made into plastics, food, paper, clothes, insulation and many other products. The problem here is that politicians do not understand that the two plants are not the same thing.
State Senator Frank Niceley, who happens to represent Strawberry Fields, is attempting to address the problem with hemp. He is planning to introduce legislation that will make cultivation legal. Local farmers, as well as health food buffs, welcome the move. Hemp seeds are loaded with prized omega-3 fatty acids as well as lots of protein. Ten other states are heading in the same direction.
Many American states recognize the utility of certain cannabis-derived compounds in a variety of medical conditions. Tennessee is not one of these states. Widely known to be a valuable therapeutic entity in Multiple Sclerosis, Crohn's disease, depression, epilepsy, AIDS, cancer pain and other conditions, it seems the Tennessee state legislators are not checking their inboxes. Families all over the state are leaving and moving their ailing families to Colorado, where views are more enlightened.
Meanwhile, Colorado is braced for an influx of marijuana tourists. In November 2000, Colorado voters approved an amendment to the State Constitution that legalized the medical use of cannabis. Certain patients, with written medical consent, are allowed to possess up to two ounces of medicinal cannabis and cultivate up to six plants.
The world has come a long way since the 1938 film, "Reefer Madness." It will be interesting to see what direction Tennessee marijuana legalization takes in the future.
Penalties in nearby Kentucky are considerably less severe. Possession of less than eight ounces is a misdemeanor with a fine of $250 and no jail time. Sale or trafficking carries a jail sentence of between one and twenty years and fines of between $500 and $10,000. The maximum prison sentence for cultivation is no more than ten years and no more than a $10,000 fine.
As might be expected, the State of California is markedly more lenient. Here, possessing an ounce is virtually the same as a motoring offense with a fine of only $100. It takes a prize idiot to get caught for this. Carrying more than an ounce, use by anyone under the age of 18 or possession on school grounds is more serious and carries correspondingly higher penalties.
Farmers in Tennessee are also forbidden from growing hemp, a highly useful plant that, although related to cannabis, does not produce the same "high" as cannabis. Hemp is as relevant to weed as corn bread is to moonshine. Hemp is a potentially useful plant commercially and can be made into plastics, food, paper, clothes, insulation and many other products. The problem here is that politicians do not understand that the two plants are not the same thing.
State Senator Frank Niceley, who happens to represent Strawberry Fields, is attempting to address the problem with hemp. He is planning to introduce legislation that will make cultivation legal. Local farmers, as well as health food buffs, welcome the move. Hemp seeds are loaded with prized omega-3 fatty acids as well as lots of protein. Ten other states are heading in the same direction.
Many American states recognize the utility of certain cannabis-derived compounds in a variety of medical conditions. Tennessee is not one of these states. Widely known to be a valuable therapeutic entity in Multiple Sclerosis, Crohn's disease, depression, epilepsy, AIDS, cancer pain and other conditions, it seems the Tennessee state legislators are not checking their inboxes. Families all over the state are leaving and moving their ailing families to Colorado, where views are more enlightened.
Meanwhile, Colorado is braced for an influx of marijuana tourists. In November 2000, Colorado voters approved an amendment to the State Constitution that legalized the medical use of cannabis. Certain patients, with written medical consent, are allowed to possess up to two ounces of medicinal cannabis and cultivate up to six plants.
The world has come a long way since the 1938 film, "Reefer Madness." It will be interesting to see what direction Tennessee marijuana legalization takes in the future.
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