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OneCrazyDiamond

(2,032 posts) Thu May 21, 2015, 07:46 PM May 2015

Illinois lawmakers pass marijuana decriminalization bill

Source: Reuters

The Illinois Senate on Thursday passed a bill decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, sending it to the governor for signature.

The bill, which passed 37-19 vote, makes possession of up to 15 grams of marijuana a civil law violation punishable by a $125 fine. Individuals will not face jail time.

The measure was approved by the Illinois House of Representatives in April. A spokeswoman for Governor Bruce Rauner, a Republican, did not say whether he would sign it.

"The governor will carefully consider any legislation that crosses his desk," said spokeswoman Catherine Kelly.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/21/us-usa-illinois-marijuana-idUSKBN0O62KX20150521

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Illinois lawmakers pass marijuana decriminalization bill (Original Post) OneCrazyDiamond May 2015 OP

Makes me proud to be an Illinoisan! ColesCountyDem May 2015 #1

Nice, but I hate baby steps. Ed Suspicious May 2015 #2

Now the affluent can relax. The poor? Not so much. Towlie May 2015 #3

Beg your pardon? ColesCountyDem May 2015 #8

A step in the right direction project_bluebook May 2015 #4

one of rauners policy goals is to reduce prison populations. mopinko May 2015 #5

I'll smoke to that! JeffHead May 2015 #6

A small step so let's keep it moving! truedelphi May 2015 #7

I live in small town Illinois Midnight Writer May 2015 #9

ColesCountyDem

(6,943 posts)

1. Makes me proud to be an Illinoisan!

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 07:53 PM

May 2015

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)

2. Nice, but I hate baby steps.

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 07:57 PM

May 2015

Towlie

(5,324 posts)

3. Now the affluent can relax. The poor? Not so much.

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 07:59 PM

May 2015

ColesCountyDem

(6,943 posts)

8. Beg your pardon?

Reply to Towlie (Reply #3)

Thu May 21, 2015, 09:45 PM

May 2015

Please explain your observation. TIA.

project_bluebook

(411 posts)

4. A step in the right direction

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 08:03 PM

May 2015

but the for profit prison lobby won't like it.

mopinko

(70,103 posts)

5. one of rauners policy goals is to reduce prison populations.

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 08:15 PM

May 2015

i'm pretty sure this is part of the plan. easy peasy way to save money. plus rake in those tickets.

JeffHead

(1,186 posts)

6. I'll smoke to that!

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 08:36 PM

May 2015

Is Ruiner actually going to sign it? We'll see.

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)

7. A small step so let's keep it moving!

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2015, 08:45 PM

May 2015

people of Illinois need to be able to light up and smoke, both to help any illness or pain they have, or just to have fun!

Midnight Writer

(21,765 posts)

9. I live in small town Illinois

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2015, 01:23 AM

May 2015

A few years back, a teenage kid in my town was caught selling marijuana to a classmate. He confessed to the cops that he was growing his own plants on his parent's farm and selling it.

The State Police found his sixteen plants, pulled them up, and weighed them, roots, stalks and all. They determined that these plants had a street value of 640,000 dollars, and called this seventeen year old kid (with no other criminal record) a major dealer.

He was therefore tried as an adult and got twenty years in a state penitentiary. Two weeks into his sentence, he was found raped and beat to death in the prison.

This shit is insane and has to stop.

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