Putting the "Pot" into Pot Pie

Picture it.  You're spending the weekend with friends in beautiful Colorado enjoying a near unending supply of cannabis.  Not a few doobies later, you head home.  On Monday, your boss (you know, the guy who signs your checks) announces that there will be a mandatory drug test.  You fail, of course, and you're fired.

Wait - he can't do that!  Marijuana is legal in Colorado, right?!  And, as it turns out, having an ounce or less is legal in Colorado - but it's probably not where you live (i.e. NOT in Colorado).  Fact is, while the Colorado law says you can smoke marijuana, it does not say you can have as much as you want.  A bit "fuzzy" on the concept of possession as they pertain to the laws of your state, might I direct your attention to a sampling of marijuana laws from around the country:

• Arizona:  AZ St section 13-3405
• California:  CA Health & Welfare Code section 11357 et seq.
• Colorado: CRS 18-18-406
• Hawaii:  Constitution Article 1 section 6
• Idaho:  ID ST section 37-2732
• Iowa:  ICA section 730.5; 124.204
• Georgia:  GA ST section 16-13-30
• Ohio:  RC section 2925.04
• Louisiana:  LSA-RS 40:966
• Massachusetts:  MA ST 94C section 32C
• Missouri:  VAMS 195.211
• Oklahoma:  63 section 2-401
• Pennsylvania:  P.L. 233, No. 64
• South Dakota:  SD ST 22-42
• Vermont:  18 V.S.A section 4474c
• Washington:  RCWA 69.51A.060
• Wyoming:  WY ST 35-7-1031

Yep, while there are a few states that allow marijuana for one reason or another, be sure you know the laws in your state before you light up your next joint or you might be headed to the bread line come Monday.