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Spoiler Alert: It’s ZERO for simple possession
Tallahassee, Fla. – In case you missed it, in an opinion editorial by Ricky Dixon, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, he dispels myths about marijuana and Florida’s prison population, highlighting how very few people are sentenced to state prison terms for only possessing small amounts of marijuana.
In it, Secretary Dixon states: “…there are no inmates serving time exclusively for possessing 20 grams or less of marijuana…The narrative being promoted by some activists that individuals are imprisoned solely for minor marijuana possession is a lie.” This notion that there are scores of people incarcerated for simply carrying around a joint or two is what is commonly referred to as an Urban Myth. It’s time this misinformation stops, and the truth prevails.
Further writing he says, “Presently there are only 37 individuals in our prison system convicted for the primary offense of possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana, but all of these individuals had their sentences enhanced by either an extensive criminal record or severe accompanying crimes like grand theft, battery, child abuse or possession of other illicit substances.”
Read the piece in full published by the Tampa Bay Times.
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