SB 192 Summary

• Directs the criminal law and sentencing policy study committee to study marijuana's effect on Indiana's criminal justice system during the 2011 legislative interim.

• Requires the committee to make recommendations on whether marijuana possession and use should remain illegal in Indiana and what appropriate penalties should be.

• Mandates study of whether Indiana should implement a medical marijuana program and under what conditions.

• Requires examination of whether marijuana should be treated and regulated like alcohol with controlled sales and special taxation.

• Study mandate expires January 1, 2012, with the bill effective July 1, 2011.