Marijuana Proposal Being Unfortunate

According to expectations, a proposition which would legalize possessing an insignificant quantity of cannabis within the state came to a dead point, although the House of Representatives reacted positively in this direction.

The proposition is categorically opposed by the governor, John Lynch, and Joseph Foster, Senate Majority Leader and a Nashua democrate, has already stated in public that the bill will never pass through his hands accepted.

However, the advocates of the proposition, a novice Jeffrey Fontas and rep. Andrew Edwards, should be quite satisfied with the reality – the proposition has really been successful in reaching the current state.

In 2005 a proposal to make marijuana owning legal was denied by the majority in the House of Representatives, and the previous year it did not managed to pass the committee. That's why the result of the vote processed last week in the House surprised everybody.

The intention of the proposition was to permit possessing no more than an ounce of marijuana a crime which would rather be punished by $200 fining than imprisonment. Nowadays possessing any quantity of the drug is penalized by a fine of $2,000 to a year of imprisonment.

The Committee resulted in voting positive for denying the proposition, but when the quantity of drug accepted as normal was decreased to a quarter of an ounce, the House of Representatives surprisingly accepted the bill.

Advocates stated that when a youth is punished for possessing a small amount of drug it would consequently lead to some unfair restrictions, as receiving a university scholarship or financial aid, getting a profession, going to military or appealing for accommodation discounts.

According to them, if less attention is paid to violations of this kind, chances are more serious crimes would be thoroughly investigated.