Walk It Through: The Cannabis Plants
Plants in the basement, an ounce in the pocket, a joint at the beach, and a drive home.
Two adult roommates in Pawtucket each want to grow cannabis plants in their shared basement.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Adult personal use. Medical cannabis, selling, employment drug policies and federal property are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- MisdemeanorAn offense punishable by not more than one year, or not more than $1,000, or both.
- Personal use of cannabisWhat a person twenty-one years of age or older may do without penalty: one ounce, three mature and three immature plants per dwelling unit, and ten ounces at home.
- School groundsThe property of a public or private elementary or secondary school, a building or stadium in use for a school activity, and school transportation.