Maine
Decriminalized- Possession of less than 2.5 oz is a civil violation, punishable by a fine of $200–600. Subsequent violations within 6 months results in an additional $550 fine.
Possession of 2.5 oz or more is a ‘prima facie’ case (i.e., the amount itself implies intention) for intent to distribute.
Cultivation of 5 plants or less is a class E misdemeanor, punishable by 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Cultivation of 5-100 plants is a class D misdemeanor, punishable by 1 year in jail and a $2,000 fine.
Cultivation of 100-500 is a class C felony, punishable by 5 years in prison and a $5,000.
Cultivation of more than 500 plants is a class B felony, punishable by 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
Distribution of 1 lb or less is a class D misdemeanor, punishable by 1 year in jail and a $2,000 fine.
Distribution of 1-20 lbs is a class C felony, punishable by 5 years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Distribution of 20 lbs or more is a class B felony, punishable by 10 years in prison and a $20,000.
Selling any amount to a minor or within 1,000 feet of a school or of a school bus is a class C felony, punishable by 5 years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Possession and use of paraphernalia is a civil violation, punishable by a $300 fine, no criminal charges.
Selling paraphernalia is a misdemeanor, punishable by 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Selling paraphernalia to a minor is a misdemeanor, punishable by 1 year in jail and a $2,000 fine.
Upon conviction, the court can, but does not automatically, suspend or revoke the offender’s driver’s license.
Medical Program? – Yes.
Read more about this topic: Places That Have Decriminalized Non-medical Cannabis In The United States
Famous quotes containing the word maine:
“Those Maine woods differ essentially from ours. There you are never reminded that the wilderness which you are threading is, after all, some villager’s familiar wood-lot, some widow’s thirds, from which her ancestors have sledded fuel for generations, minutely described in some old deed which is recorded, of which the owner has got a plan, too, and old bound-marks may be found every forty rods, if you will search.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“These were such houses as the lumberers of Maine spend the winter in, in the wilderness ... the camps and the hovels for the cattle, hardly distinguishable, except that the latter had no chimney.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The surface of the ground in the Maine woods is everywhere spongy and saturated with moisture.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)