TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 28, 2021

Rep. London Lamar, D-Memphis, has filed a bill that would allow the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana without prosecution, Nashville’s NewsChannel5 reports. Two cities in the state have already agreed not to prosecute people caught with small amounts of drugs, but Lamar is calling for a statewide standard. "What we want to do is make sure there's a unified standard across Tennessee where no matter what county you're in, there's the same standard around criminalization and having the possession of marijuana," she said. HB0413 would not allow for the sale of marijuana.