2017-IPG-33 (PROPOSITION 64 - LEGALIZING MJ)

This IPG podcast focuses on providing comprehensive answers to the questions most likely to arise in the investigation, charging, and prosecution of marijuana-related crimes in the wake of Proposition 64 (The “Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (‘the Adult Use of Marijuana Act’)” and Senate Bill 94.  Among the questions posed:  1. Is all possession of marijuana now legal?  And, if not, what is the impact of Prop 64 on the laws previously governing possession, possession for sale, cultivation, and sale of marijuana? 2. When will the odor of marijuana or possession of a small amount of marijuana allow for detentions of persons, or searches of vehicles, persons, or homes?  3. What is the impact of Prop 64 on whether an alert by a drug-sniffing dog provides probable cause to search? and 4. What is the impact of Prop 64 on marijuana-related prosecutions pending at the time of its passage?