Decriminalizing Small Amounts of Marijuana in Illinois

The llinois Supreme Court says it has created new rules to deal with a new state law that decriminalizes possessing small amounts of marijuana.

The high court said Thursday that it has adopted six new rules to establish procedures for the court system to follow when handling civil law violations. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the marijuana decriminalization legislation in July that creates civil law violations. The state Supreme Court says that type of violation didn’t exist before the measure became law.

The new rules lay out a regulatory framework and deal with things like appearance dates, notices to the accused, fines and penalties and procedures if the accused don’t appear, among other issues.

Under the new law possessing up to 10 grams of marijuana is punishable by a fine of $100 to $200.

Marijuana Breathalyzer Coming To Illinois

 A new breathalyzer being tested by  law enforcement not only can tell them if a person has been smoking marijuana, it can also tell if a person has eaten anything laced with marijuana.

 Oakland-based Hounds Labs, Inc. announced it was field-testing a device called The Hound that can detect tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) the active ingredient in marijuana after consumption of both smoked and edible pot products.

Stanford engineers have made a similar device dubbed the ‘Potalyzer,’ but it only detects smoked marijuana.

Both devices have drawn praise from law enforcement agencies.