The California Senate Public Safety Committee this week unanimously rejected Sen. Pete Knight’s anti-marijuana and drug bill, SB 273.
The Bill would have amended the state’s drug-free zone law to include marijuana and would have extended the definition of drug-free zones, which currently include only public property within 1,000 feet of a school, to include private property as well.
Initially the bill would have raised the maximum penalty for marijuana possession from $100 to $1,000. The bill was then revised in an attempt to gain support.
For more information, please contact Dale Gieringer, State Coordinator of California NORML at (415) 563-5858.
