This bill removes marijuana from the Maine Criminal Code by doing the following: removing marijuana being listed as a scheduled drug; eliminating the crime of unlawful trafficking in marijuana; eliminating the crime of aggravated trafficking of marijuana; eliminating the crime of aggravated cultivating of marijuana; removing the permissible inference under the Maine Rules of Evidence, Rule 303 that a person who intentionally or knowingly possesses a certain quantity, state or concentration of marijuana is unlawfully furnishing marijuana; eliminating the crime of unlawful possession of marijuana; removing drug paraphernalia related to marijuana from the definition of "drug paraphernalia"; eliminating the crime of cultivating marijuana; and eliminating any mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for marijuana-related drug offenses. The bill also directs the Department of Public Safety to review all criminal records possessed by any state criminal justice or law enforcement agency and to expunge all records that relate to criminal convictions and civil violations for conduct involving marijuana or that are otherwise authorized under Maine's adult use cannabis laws.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1789, SP 714: 15.3314, 17-A.1102, 17-A.1103, 17-A.1105, 17-A.1106, 17-A.1107, 17-A.1111, 17-A.1117, 17-A.1125, 17-A.1126, 17-A.1504, 17-A.1604