Wyoming House votes down bill to reduce penalties for passion of small amounts of marijuana

January 22, 2015
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The Wyoming House of Representatives on Wednesday defeated a bill to reduce the penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.

The House voted 38-22 against a bill sponsored by Rep. James Byrd, D-Cheyenne. His bill specified civil fines rather than possible jail time for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana.

Byrd emphasized on the House floor that more marijuana is coming into Wyoming now that the drug has been legalized in Colorado and is legal for medical purposes in other neighboring states.

“I can’t emphasize enough that this bill is not, repeat is not, legalization of marijuana,” Byrd said in his introduction of the bill. But he said current penalties are “way over the top” for possession of small amounts of the drug.

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