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 Missouri 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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Misdemeanors

 

Unlawful possession of marijuana

 

Any person who possesses 35 grams or less of marijuana (class A misdemeanor). 
Fine: Up to $1,000                                           Imprisonment: Up to 1 year

   
 

Unlawful use of drug paraphernalia

 

It is unlawful for any person to use, or to possess with intent to use, drug paraphernalia 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 any amount of marijuana (class A misdemeanor). 
Fine: Up to $1,000                                           Imprisonment: Up to 1 year

   
 
 

Felonies

 

Unlawful possession of marijuana

 

Any person who possesses 35 grams to 30 kg of marijuana (class C felony). 
Fine: Up to $5,000                                           Imprisonment: Up to 7 years

   
 

Unlawful possession/trafficking of marijuana

 

Any person who possesses 30 kg to 100 kg of marijuana commits the crime of trafficking drugs in the second degree (class B felony). 
Fine: $5,000 to $20,000                                   Imprisonment: 5 to 15 years

   
 

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

   
 

Unlawful possession of marijuana to minor  

 

Any person who possesses more than 100 kg of marijuana commits the crime of trafficking drugs in the second degree (class A felony). 

Fine: $5,000 to $20,000                                   Imprisonment: 10 years to life
   
 

Unlawful sale of marijuana

 

Any person who distributes or delivers not more than 5grams of marijuana (class C felony).
Fine: Up to $5,000                                           Imprisonment: Up to 7 years

   
 

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

 

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

   
 

Any person who distributes or delivers 5grams or more of marijuana (class B felony).
Fine: $5,000 to $20,000                                   Imprisonment: 5 to 15 years

   
 

Any person who distributes or delivers 5grams to 30 kg of marijuana commits the crime of trafficking drugs in the first degree (class B felony).
Fine: $5,000 to $20,000                                   Imprisonment: 5 to 15 years

   
 

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

   
 

Any person who distributes or delivers 30 kg to 100 kg of marijuana commits the crime of trafficking drugs in the first degree if he distributes, delivers, manufactures, or produces a mixture or substance containing marijuana (class A felony).
Fine: $5,000 to $20,000                                   Imprisonment: 10 years to life

   
 
Any person who distributes or delivers more than 100 kg of marijuana commits the crime of trafficking drugs in the first degree if he distributes, delivers, manufactures, or produces a mixture or substance containing marijuana (class A felony) which term shall be served without probation or parole.
Fine: $5,000 to $20,000                                   Imprisonment: 10 years to life
 

 

 

Unlawful cultivation/trafficking of marijuana

 

A person commits the class A felony of trafficking drugs in the second degree if, they possess or have under their control, purchase or attempt to purchase, or bring into this state more than five hundred marijuana plants (Class A felony).
Fine: $5,000 to $20,000                                   Imprisonment: 10 years to life

   
 

Unlawful Sale of marijuana to minor

 

A person commits the offense of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance to a minor  by distributing or delivering marijuana to a person under seventeen years of age who is at least two years that person's junior (class B felony).
Fine: $5,000 to $20,000                                   Imprisonment: 5 to 15 years

   
 

Unlawful Sale of marijuana near school

 

A person commits the offense of distribution of a controlled substance near schools if such unlawfully distributes or delivers any marijuana to a person in or on, or within two thousand feet of, the real property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school, public vocational school, or a public or private junior college, college or university or on any school bus. Distribution of marijuana near schools is a class A felony which term shall be served without probation or parole if the court finds the defendant is a persistent drug offender.
Fine: $5,000 to $20,000                                   Imprisonment: 10 years to life

   
 

Unlawful Sale of marijuana near public housing

 

A person who distributes marijuana on or within 1000 feet of public housing or other governmental assisted housing commits a class A felony which term shall be served without probation or parole if the court finds the defendant is a persistent drug offender.
Fine: $5,000 to $20,000                                   Imprisonment: 10 years to life

   
 

Unlawful delivery/manufacturing of drug paraphernalia

 

It is unlawful for any person to deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture, with intent to deliver, drug 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 any amount of marijuana (class D felony).

 

Fine: Up to $5,000                                           Imprisonment: Up to 4 years

   
 

Note: If the offender has gained money or property through the commission of the crime, to pay an amount, fixed by the court, not exceeding double the amount of the offender's gain from the commission of the crime. An individual offender may be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars under this provision.

   
 
 
 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
Missouri Revised Statutes
195.202, 195.211, 195.212, 195.214, 195.217, 195.218, 195.222, 195.223, 195.233, 195.235, 558.011, 560.026, 560.011, 560.016
FBI Uniform Crimes Report

 
 
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