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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The city council in Pennsylvania's capital has reduced the penalties for possessing marijuana and smoking it in public. In Harrisburg, possessing a small amount of pot will be a summary offense — similar to a traffic citation — carrying a $75 fine. Smoking pot will bring a $150 fine. If a person commits a third offense within five years, they must be charged with misdemeanor possession — which is the charge mandated under state law. Harrisburg police still have the option of charging a person with misdemeanor possession for a first offense, but the new law is meant to give police an option to enforce drug laws without leaving a person with an arrest record. Pittsburgh previously passed a similar ordinance to lower penalties for marijuana possession.

Harrisburg City Council votes to limit marijuana penalties