State Sen. Eddie Melton, D-Gary, said this weekend he is preparing a bill that would do just that, although its prospects for passage in a Republican-dominated state legislature remain doubtful.
Republican Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb repeatedly has said he won’t authorize it in the Hoosier State so long as it remains illegal at the federal level.
However, Indiana has softened enforcement of marijuana possession in small amounts, according to John Cantrell, a veteran Lake County defense attorney.
Area prosecutors rarely seek jail time, unless an arrest involves large, wholesale amounts. Most arrests end with charges dropped under a conditional discharge policy.
Cantrell said, “We are living in a time comparable to the days when of prohibition of alcohol when people would duck into speakeasies and gangsters, like Al Capone, controlled its distribution. It’s shameful.”
Brown was never charged with marijuana possession. Instead, he must answer for the two firearms found in his car.
One was a ghost gun under the driver’s seat — so-called because markings that would indicate its make, model and serial number had been obliterated.
The second gun, found in a backpack in the car’s back seat was a Taurus .357 Magnum revolver. Both guns were loaded with live rounds of ammunition.
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