After the LaVarre case, Virginia replaced its Uniform Narcotic Drug Act with a comprehensive drug control law. A first offence of possessing marijuana became a misdemeanour punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or up to twelve months in jail, or both; repeat offences remained felonies. Hearings were told that some prosecutors declined to charge because even the old minimum penalty seemed too great.[1]
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References
- The Marijuana Conviction: A History of Marijuana Prohibition in the United StatesRichard J. Bonnie, Charles H. Whitebread II · The Lindesmith Center · 1999 · chapter 12, pp. 240–241 · ISBN 1891385062
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