LONGMONT, Colo. — A group is going to the Longmont City Council Tuesday night to ask the city to change city code for punishments for possession of pot in city limits.
The state decriminalized the possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana eight years ago, but Longmont city code still calls for a fine and possible jail time for people who get caught with weed, according to the Longmont Times.
Free Marijuana in Longmont told the newspaper it will ask the City Council to change city code. If the council does not, organizers plan to circulate petitions to get the issue on the November ballot.
The group said while it would still be illegal for an adult to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana, the group wants to lower the maximum fine to $5. City code sets the fine at $50 to $100 for an adult.
Organizers also hope to do away with jail time for public display or consumption of marijuana, replacing it instead with community service, and lower the fine for that offense to $25 from $100.
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