Spencer Alan Boston appeared in court Monday charged with possession of marijuana but found himself in hot water after he pulled out what appeared to be a joint and lit it up in front of the judge.
Simple possession in Tennessee is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 11 months and 29 days in jail and a $2,500 fine.Boston is being held on $3,000 bond. Ahas already been created to pay the fee. The campaign exceeded its $3,000 goal in less than 24 hours.
Senator Raumesh Akbari of Memphis introduced a bill to the state legislature on Friday that would decriminalize marijuana use in Tennessee. His bill would allow licensed businesses to sell marijuana products under half an ounce to customers over 21, with a special sales tax added that would fund education and infrastructure projects in the state.
Support for legalization in Tennessee is very strong. A 2018 poll conducted by Middle Tennessee State University found that 81 percent of registered voters believed the state should introduce some form of legal marijuana., multiple other bills that would legalize medical marijuana have been introduced to the statehouse but not passed. Many never made it out of committee to a floor vote.Oregonian
reported that an unidentified man was asked to leave a murder trial in Multnomah County Court after he began smoking a joint in the back row. Although marijuana use is legal in Oregon, public consumption is not. Courthouse Deputy Chris Payne said that the man seemed surprised to learn that fact but left the courtroom without incident, the
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