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:
“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)
“On a late-winter evening in 1983, while driving through fog along the Maine coast, recollections of old campfires began to drift into the March mist, and I thought of the Abnaki Indians of the Algonquin tribe who dwelt near Bangor a thousand years ago.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
“Midway the lake we took on board two manly-looking middle-aged men.... I talked with one of them, telling him that I had come all this distance partly to see where the white pine, the Eastern stuff of which our houses are built, grew, but that on this and a previous excursion into another part of Maine I had found it a scarce tree; and I asked him where I must look for it. With a smile, he answered that he could hardly tell me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)