Are Underage Cannabis Consumers in Washington Now Felons?
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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.Probably not, but it's worrisome that the question confuses legislators, prosecutors, regulators, and the governor.
Did Washington legislators accidentally make it a felony for someone younger than 21 to possess any amount of marijuana, as a spokeswoman for that state's governor suggested last week? Did they do it on purpose, as one key legislator claimed? [See update below.] Or did they not do it at all, as the group representing Washington's prosecuting attorneys has concluded? The third answer seems to be the correct one, but confusion on this point casts an unflattering light on legislators' ability to write laws and prosecutors' ability to understand them.
Last week The Lewiston Tribune, an Idaho newspaper, reported that three teenagers caught with small amounts of pot in Asotin County, Washington, had been charged with felonies punishable by up to five years in prison and fines of up to $10,000. According to Asotin County Prosecuting Attorney...
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