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With a 4 to 1 vote Tuesday, Palm Beach County followed in the footsteps of cities like West Palm Beach and Miami Beach and decriminalized pot.
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. - UPDATED STORY:
With a 4 to 1 vote Tuesday, Palm Beach County followed in the footsteps of cities like West Palm Beach and Miami Beach and decriminalized pot.
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"We have to understand that we cannot legislate and lock up everybody for everything they do," commissioner Priscilla Taylor said at Tuesday's commission meeting.
Commissioner Steven Abrams also supported the ordinance.
"For someone who is caught with a small amount of marijuana, I think it's worth it in order to not mess up that person's life," he says
This ordinance doesn't legalize marijuana - it just reduces the penalties for those caught with it.
It gives law enforcement an alternative - rather than make an arrest, now they can give a $100 fine.
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-p...sioners-have-voted-to-decriminalize-marijuana
With a 4 to 1 vote Tuesday, Palm Beach County followed in the footsteps of cities like West Palm Beach and Miami Beach and decriminalized pot.
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. - UPDATED STORY:
With a 4 to 1 vote Tuesday, Palm Beach County followed in the footsteps of cities like West Palm Beach and Miami Beach and decriminalized pot.
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"We have to understand that we cannot legislate and lock up everybody for everything they do," commissioner Priscilla Taylor said at Tuesday's commission meeting.
Commissioner Steven Abrams also supported the ordinance.
"For someone who is caught with a small amount of marijuana, I think it's worth it in order to not mess up that person's life," he says
This ordinance doesn't legalize marijuana - it just reduces the penalties for those caught with it.
It gives law enforcement an alternative - rather than make an arrest, now they can give a $100 fine.
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-p...sioners-have-voted-to-decriminalize-marijuana
