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Any conviction is penalized with a 6 months driver’s license suspension.
Possession of less than one ounce of cannabis is punishable by up to six months imprisonment and a fine up to $1,000. For possession of one ounce or more, the penalty rises to up to one year incarceration and a fine up to $2,500. Quantities of one pound or more carry a penalty of up to five years imprisonment and a fine up to $5,000. Possession of more than 100 pounds is punishable by 1 - 15 years imprisonment and a fine up to $10,000.
The consequence for sale or delivery of cannabis is up to five years in prison and a fine up to $5,000. Sale in the presence of a minor or sale within 1,000 feet of a school, public park, amusement park, recreation center, church, synagogue, shopping mall, sports facility, theatre or public parking lot raises the level of the violation to the next highest degree.
Possession of paraphernalia is sentenced to up to six months incarceration and a fine up to $1,000. The consequence for sale of paraphernalia is up to one year incarceration and a fine up to $2,500, unless the sale was to a minor, in which case the penalty increases to up to five years in prison and a fine up to $5,000.
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