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Crimes & Punishment
THE LAWS REGARDING MARIJUANA are like to the rules of the board game "Monopoly." As in Monopoly, the better you know the rules, the more likely you\'ll be able to use them to your advantage and win the game. Unlike Monopoly, however, the marijuana game is for real. If you lose, you pay real fines with real money and spend real days behind real jail bars.
Just about any activity involving the Cannabis plant is a criminal offense. In svery state it is an offense to possess marijuana, transport marijuana, drive under the influence of marijuana, sell marijuana, and grow Cannabis. As an introduction to the laws concerning marijuana, this chapter will begin with several definitions and then move on to discuss the various marijuana crimes, their associated punishments, and the laws concerning seizure of assets. |