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 Mississippi Marijuana Laws Compared

The graphs below represents how lenient or strict the marijuana laws are in your state compared to Maine, Hawaii, and Connecticut.  This determination is based on level of enforcement, weight limits, fines and/or time imprisoned.  This determination is also based on how strict penalties are for repeat offenders and proximity to certain drug restricted areas such as school zones and public parks. 

 
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  Hawaii  
    
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Misdemeanors

 

Unlawful possession of marijuana

 

Any person who possesses 30 grams or less of marijuana (decriminalized). 

Fine: $100 to $250                                           Imprisonment: None

   
 

Unlawful possession of marijuana (2nd conviction)

 

Any person who possesses 30 grams or less of marijuana with a prior conviction within a 2-year period.  You will also have to participate in a mandatory drug education program.

 

Fine: $250                                                        Imprisonment: 5 to 60 days

   
 

Unlawful possession of marijuana (3rd or subsequent conviction)

 

Any person who possesses 30 grams or less of marijuana with two or more prior convictions within a 2-year period.   

 

Fine: $250 to $500                                           Imprisonment: 5 days to 6 months

   
 

Unlawful possession of marijuana (in a vehicle)

 

Any person who is the operator of a motor vehicle, who possesses on his person or knowingly keeps or allows to be kept in a motor vehicle 1 gram to 30 grams of marijuana within the area of the vehicle normally occupied by the driver or passengers.  The trunk of the motor vehicle or the areas not normally occupied by the driver or passengers if the vehicle is not equipped with a trunk will not be considered part of the vehicle.  However, a utility or glove compartment shall be deemed to be within the area occupied by the driver and passengers. 

 

Fine: Up to $1,000                                           Imprisonment: Up to 90 days

   
 

Sale/Possession of drug paraphernalia

 

It is unlawful for any person to use, or to possess with intent to use, deliver, sell, possess with intent to deliver or sell, or manufacture with intent to deliver or sell, paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Law.

 

Fine: Up to $500                                              Imprisonment: Up to 6 months

   
 
 

Felonies

 

Unlawful possession of marijuana

 

Any person who possesses 30 grams to 250 grams of marijuana.

 

Fine: Up to $3,000                                           Imprisonment: Up to 3 years

   
 

Any person who possesses 250 grams to 500 grams of marijuana. 
Fine: Up to $50,000                                         Imprisonment: 2 to 8 years

 

 

 

Any person who possesses 500 grams to 1 kg of marijuana. 
Fine: Up to $250,000                                       Imprisonment: 4 to 16 years

   
 

Any person who possesses 1 kg to 5 kg of marijuana.
Fine: Up to $500,000                                       Imprisonment: 6 to 24 years

   
 

Any person who possesses more than 5 kg of marijuana. 

 

Fine: Up to $1,000,000                                    Imprisonment: 10 to 30 years

   
 

Unlawful Sale/Manufacture of Marijuana

 

Involving the sale/manufacture of marijuana with a weight of less than 1 ounce.

 

Fine: Up to $3,000                                           Imprisonment: Up to 3 years

   
 

Any person who sells 5 kg to 25 kg of marijuana.

 

Fine: Up to $250,000                                       Imprisonment: Up to 20 years

   
 

Involving the sale/manufacture of marijuana with a weight of 1 ounce to 1 kg.
Fine: Up to $30,000                                         Imprisonment: Up to 20 years

   
 

Involving the sale/manufacture of marijuana with a weight of 1 kg to 10 pounds.
Fine: $5,000 to $1,000,000                              Imprisonment: Up to 30 years

   
 

Involving the sale/manufacture of marijuana with a weight of 10 pounds or more.
Fine: N/A                                                         Imprisonment: Life without parole

 

 

 

Unlawful Sale of Marijuana (to a minor)

 

Any person 21 years of age or older who distributes marijuana to a person under 21 years of age.
Fine: Double                                                     Imprisonment: Double

   
 

Unlawful Sale of Marijuana (in a restricted area)

 

Any person who sells, barters, transfers, manufactures, distributes, dispenses or possesses with intent to sell any amount of marijuana, in or on, or within one thousand five hundred feet of a building which is all or part of a public or private elementary, vocational or secondary school, or any church, public park, ballpark, public gymnasium, youth center or movie theater or within one thousand feet of, the real property comprising such public or private elementary, vocational or secondary school, or any church, public park, ballpark, public gymnasium, youth center or movie theater.

  Fine: Double                                                     Imprisonment: Double
 

 

 
 
 United States Marijuana Arrest Trends
The graphs below represent the trends in marijuana arrests from 1990 to 2005 in the United States.  With the higher amount of arrests also comes tens and billions of more dollars spent on enforcement, adjudication, and imprisonment for marijuana related offenses. 
 
 
 
 Source
MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
SEC. 41-29-142
SEC. 41-29-145
SEC. 41-29-139
FBI Uniform Crimes Report

 
 
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