A marijuana decriminalization law was passed by the D.C. Council in the spring started Thursday at 12:01 a.m. after a Congressional review process passed.
This new law will ease the punishments for minor marijuana offenses.
If anyone is found carrying over an ounce of marijuana, officers can only confiscate the drug and write a ticket of $25.
Another big change is that Police will not be able to take action by just a simple smell of marijuana, in fact that can’t even demand that any person carrying under an ounce of marijuana produce identification which is according to the Washington Post.
However civil penalties will still be in place for individuals using marijuana on federal government property and in public.
With such a major change to the law the police have to review and 8 page special order and even have to take an online tutorials states the Washington Times.
This law offers a huge change from the drug laws of the past but it looks like the lawyers in D.C. will have to be reading up on the this law just in case any officers do arrest someone that maybe following that law, however may be arrested under further suspicions.