Granville Village Council tweaked one law governing marijuana offenses last week, and introduced another update that would decriminalize marijuana possession.
Council on Nov. 19 agreed to amend a section of the code regarding driver’s license suspensions related to possession of marijuana paraphernalia, changing the penalty of six months to five years and giving Mayor’s Court judges discretion over the prospect of suspending a license rather than being required to.
The change was deemed necessary because a recent automatic update of the village’s ordinance code from the Ohio Revised Code carried with it the requirement that such license suspensions, for possession of marijuana paraphernalia, be mandatory.
However, the council previously passed legislation making license suspensions for all other marijuana offenses discretionary.
