Instead of being arrested or convicted for possession, people will pay a small fine.
further decriminalizing recreational use of marijuana, but fell short of his goal to fully legalize the substance in 2019.
Under the new law, people will have to pay small fines instead of facing criminal charges for possessing small amounts of marijuana. New penalties under the law are a $50 fine for possessing less than an ounce of marijuana and a maximum $200 fine for possessing one to two ounces. The law also offers a process for people with marijuana possession convictions to have their records wiped clean.
“Communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by laws governing marijuana for far too long, and today we are ending this injustice once and for all,”According to the FBI, over 360,000 people were arrested for marijuana possession between 2008 and 2017. Although fully legalizing marijuana was one of Cuomo’s top legislative goals for 2019, the effort collapsed in June when state Democrats disagreed on how to regulate the industry.
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