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Resolution to reduce cannabis fines in Milwaukee moves forward
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The Milwaukee County Board’s Judiciary, Safety and General Services Committee approved a resolution at its March 11 meeting to reduce fines for cannabis possession to no more than $1. Under current law, possession of cannabis and paraphernalia can result in a fine of no less than $250, and not more than $500.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. In Wisconsin, Milwaukee County is considering dropping the fine for possessing a small about of marijuana from hundreds of dollars to just a dollar.
The proposal comes the same week the governor proposed legalizing and taxing marijuana across the state, WISN reported. This resolution will reduce the fine of possession of 25 grams of marijuana to no more than a dollar, said Sylvia Ortiz-Velez with the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.
Ortiz-Velez said her proposed ordinance would be a de facto decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana in the county.
A fine of a buck would be a significant drop from the fines right now that can add up to $250-500.