📜 Mandatory Minimums for Marijuana: 1937–2010s Timeline 🌿 Everything was good 1970-1986 No mandatory Minniums 1937 – Marihuana Tax Act Up to 5 years prison $2,000 fine. No mandatory minimums yet — judges still had discretion. 1951 – The Boggs Act First mandatory minimums in U.S. drug law. First offense: Minimum 2 years, up to 10 years $20,000 fine. Repeat offenses: Even harsher, often doubled. No weight thresholds — a single joint or a trunkload, same minimum. 1956 – Narcotics Control Act Pena

Human trafficking survivor works to change Utah's sentencing minimums