Connecticut driver pulled over cannabis throwing

Send your stories and photos now. Read more. Love Local Business. Hereford FC. Herefordshire Living. Hereford Business Times. What's On. Death Notices. Public Notices. In Memoriam. Customer Reinaldo Santana, 35, a stock trader from Washington Heights, was making his second trip to the store, which sells buds and other products made from weed that the company grows in a facility south of Boston. Massachusetts charges 17 percent tax on pot sales and lets localities tack on another 3 percent.

Contact The Author Name required. Email required. You asked about the penalties in Connecticut law for the possession or sale of marijuana, including penalties related to marijuana use with drug paraphernalia.

The tables below describe the penalties for the marijuana-related offenses you described. PA 71 made changes involving penalties for certain marijuana offenses, including decriminalizing 1 the possession of less than one-half ounce of marijuana and 2 specified paraphernalia-related acts involving less than one-half ounce. In addition to the fines or criminal penalties described below, the law imposes other restrictions on people who are convicted of marijuana possession or other specified drug crimes.

Under PA 11 , these restrictions do not apply to people convicted of possessing less than one-half ounce of marijuana. The tables below only describe penalties that apply to marijuana or other cannabis-type substances, although in some cases the penalties are identical for offenses involving other controlled substances.

Please see the statutes for a complete description of the offenses and penalties. Table 1: Marijuana Possession. NBC News Logo. Covid Politics U. News World Opinion Business.

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