[Ord. No. 23-1249, 10-10-2023]
A. A person commits the offense of possession of a controlled substance if he or she knowingly possesses or delivers a controlled substance, except as allowed by Article
XIV, Section 1 or Section 2 of the Missouri Constitution, or Chapter 195 or Chapter 579, RSMo. In any complaint, information, action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of this Section, it shall not be necessary to include any exception, excuse, proviso or exemption contained in this Code or Article
XIV, Section 1 or Section 2 of the Missouri Constitution or Chapter 195 or Chapter 579, RSMo., and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso or exemption shall be upon the defendant.
B. It
is an offense to deliver or distribute marijuana or marijuana accessories,
with or without consideration, to a person younger than twenty-one
(21) years of age.
C. A person who possesses, produces, delivers without receiving consideration or remuneration to another person who is a least twenty-one (21) years of age, or possesses with intent to deliver, not more than twice the amount of marijuana allowed pursuant to Article
XIV, Section 2, Subsection 10, of the Missouri Constitution, shall thereby commit a violation and be subject to civil penalty and forfeiture of the marijuana as provided in Article
XIV, Section 2, Subsection 10(6), of the Missouri Constitution.
D. It is an offense for a person younger than twenty-one (21) years of age to purchase, possess, use, consume, transport marijuana or marijuana accessories. A person who is under twenty-one (21) years of age who possesses, uses, ingests, inhales, transports, delivers without consideration or distributes without consideration three (3) ounces or less of marijuana, or assesses, delivers without consideration or distributes without consideration marijuana accessories in violation of Article
XIV, Section 2, Subsection 10, of the Missouri Constitution shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) and forfeiture of the marijuana. Any such person shall be provided the option of attending up to four (4) hours of drug education or counseling in lieu of the civil penalty.
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A person commits the offense of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia if he or she knowingly uses or assesses with intent to use drug paraphernalia as defined by Chapter 195, RSMo., to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance as defined by Chapter 195, RSMo., in violation of Chapter 195 or Chapter 579, RSMo., except as allowed by Article
XIV, Section 1 or Section 2, of the Missouri Constitution.
[Ord. No. 23-1249, 10-10-2023]
A person who is not a Missouri licensed marijuana facility or
medical facility commits the offense of unlawful marijuana cultivation
practices if they cultivate marijuana plants in excess of the amount
allowed by law or that are visible by normal, unaided vision from
a public place or that are not kept in a locked space, and such person
shall be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding two hundred fifty
dollars ($250.00) and forfeiture of the marijuana.
No person shall intentionally smell or inhale the fumes of any
solvent, particularly toluol, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl
nitrite, ethyl nitrite, pentyl nitrite and propyl nitrite and their
iso-analogues or induce any other person to do so for the purpose
of causing a condition of, or inducing symptoms of, intoxication,
elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational behavior, exhilaration,
paralysis, stupefaction, or dulling of senses or nervous system, or
for the purpose of, in any manner, changing, distorting or disturbing
the audio, visual or mental processes; except that this Section shall
not apply to the inhalation of any anesthesia for medical or dental
purposes.
A person commits the offense of drunkenness or drinking in a
prohibited place if he or she enters any schoolhouse or church house
in which there is an assemblage of people, met for a lawful purpose,
or any courthouse, in an intoxicated and disorderly condition, or
drinks or offers to drink any intoxicating liquors in the presence
of such assembly of people, or in any courthouse.