Different States Lenient Cultivation Laws

[cobcoop]

Illinois, thankfully, seems really leniant.........5 plants or under is a Misdemeanor..anyone know of any "fine print" in Illinois pot laws?

Just make sure you're not growing "kush"!

The High-Potency Marijuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R. 2848)

This would ncrease the penalties for the possession with intent to distribute, manufacture, importation and exportation to maximum fines of $1 million for an individual and $5 million for a group, with a maximum sentence of 25 years from the standard sentencing for marijuana which calls for a maximum fine of $250,000 for an individual, $1 million for a group and up to five years in prison.[10] Kirk said that as kush may sell for up to $600 (USD) per ounce these increases are justified, saying that "if you can make as much money selling pot as cocaine, you should face the same penalties."[11] It should be noted that marijuana has caused zero deaths, unlike cocaine. "I don't know what's more ridiculous about this," said Bruce Mirken, communications director of the Marijuana Policy Project, "Kirk's incredible scientific ignorance or the hypocrisy of a man who's taken thousands of dollars from the alcohol and tobacco industries going after marijuana."[12]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kirk

 

[Abraham Lincoln]

 

[GrowerGoneWild]

Now if I could just get my wife to live in the sticks.

There are some urban areas. Anchorage is not exactly a sprawling metropolis but is of decent size. Its roughly 275,000 people in anchorage.

The real growers are in the valley, without getting specific, its not unusual for somebody to know somebody with 100+ plants.

I think my fellow alaskan growers have indoor grows down to an art for the most part, I wish you guys could have seen the grow ops I've seen in the mid eighties. Pot laws were so lax then. Seemed like EVERYBODY was growing.

Even in the Regan era of "just say no" , we were still toking it up.

 

[milehighmedical]

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[nicktaste]

"Mark Steven Kirk (born September 15, 1959) is a Republican.."

no surprise there..

 

[j6p]

HR 2848: High Potency Marihuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009

HR 2848: High Potency Marihuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009

This is from govtrack.us, a very useful site which keeps track of activity in US Congress. It's easy to pull up information on bills, lists of similar legislation, concise descriptions and current status of everything.

H.R. 2848: High Potency Marihuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Rep. Mark Kirk [R-IL10] (NO COSPONSORS)

Bill summary:

• 6/12/2009--Introduced.

• High Potency Marihuana Sentencing Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced fines and prison terms for trafficking in marihuana with a tetrahydrocannabinol content of 15% or more.

Bill Status:

• Introduced Jun 12, 2009
• Referred to Committee

• This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate.

The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee.

[Last Updated: Jan 6, 2010 1:28AM]

govtrack.us

 

[Amstel Light]

JP IS RIGHT YOU CANT JUST GO BY NORMl...i would love to know the real deal with maine as well...

people in il. should be going ape shit with that bill!! fuck mark kirk!

 

[j6p]

Alabama has a mandatory minimum sentence of 3 years in prison for 1 seedling...

If I get raided, I'm guaranteed to be a media posterchild... ugh!

I saw a little grow bust on news video, during in which the reporter walked next door and interviewed the grower's neighbors, just so that they could bad mouth the grower. I am not making this up. And the grow consisted of a dozen little one foot plants. Healthy but small.