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Mississippi Marijuana Laws
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.
Mississippi
Lenient
Moderately Lenient
Moderate
Moderately Strict
Strict
Connecticut
Lenient
Moderately Lenient
Moderate
Moderately Strict
Strict
Hawaii
Lenient
Moderately Lenient
Moderate
Moderately Strict
Strict
Maine
Lenient
Moderately Lenient
Moderate
Moderately Strict
Strict
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