Topic:
Possession of cannabis
(Steans, D-Chicago; Cassidy, D-Chicago) makes several changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure. It replaces criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of cannabis (less than 10 grams) with a civil fine of $100-$200. It also replaces the current "zero-tolerance" prohibition of driving with any trace of cannabis in the driver's bodily fluids with a per se standard of five nanograms/milliliter of whole blood or 10 nanograms/milliliter in any other bodily substance. (For more, see the LawPulse item "Another try for pot decriminalization" in the May 2016 Bar Journal.) Effective July 29, 2016.