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Worcester City Council rejects pot penalties greater than Question 2

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 at 4:35 pm | By: Radical Russ

WORCESTER — The City Council last night thwarted an effort to have the city establish an additional civil penalty, and even the possibility of criminal indictment, for the use of marijuana on public property.

By a 7-4 vote, the council placed on file two orders that had asked the city administration to prepare such an ordinance in response to the passage of Question 2 on the November ballot that decriminalized the possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana.

The vote to file is the parliamentary equivalent of placing an item in the wastebasket.

A majority of councilors simply felt it was not necessary or appropriate to have the city alter what the voters approved.

via Worcester Telegram & Gazette News.

This is a followup on our story from Friday where city officials were considering creating a $300 fine and criminal complaint for use of marijuana on publicly-controlled property, despite Question 2’s limit of $100 civil fine and no criminal complaint.  It’s nice to see most of the Worcester City Council does understand the authority of state law.

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