• EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    People are dunking on this part, but the really shitty thing is that the change relates to simple possession only. There are currently zero people incarcerated for simple possession alone, and only a few thousand people with only simple possession on their records. It's a very good thing for those people, and it's essentially meaningless in the grand scheme.

    • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      and only a few thousand people with only simple possession on their records

      :lmayo:

      • Coolkidbozzy [he/him]
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        edit-2
        2 years ago

        From my understanding it's the crime of possessing a small amount of marijuana with no intent of selling it, with the exact amount varying depending on the state

        • GorbinOutOverHere [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          no intent of selling it

          I love how things like "having a scale" can be used to argue "intent to sell" and shit like that, like, fuck me for wanting to make sure My Dude isn't shorting me, right?

        • practitioner [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          But simple possession is a local charge. How do the feds get involved? They find a bag of weed while searching through your stuff at the airport, is all I can figure.

          In Denver airport they don't even search for it, so many people leave with legal weed and weed products.

          • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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            2 years ago

            How do the feds get involved?

            :think-mark:

            That's the neat thing. They don't!