<p>“actually under proposed CA laws to legalize marijuana, all prior convictions would be erased and all those in jail would be released…”</p>
<p>Federal laws trump CA law. Even if a CA law passed in the proposed form you describe – which is a very long shot – federal laws criminalizing possession of any amount of marijuana are not going anywhere in the near future. And 90% of the U.S. population doesn’t live in CA anyway.</p>
<p>So you’re betting that that the state police rather than the feds will catch you. If you’re happy getting a state felony conviction and going to jail today because maybe someday down the road California might pass legislation exonerating you, then go right ahead. That’s not the future I want for myself or my kid.</p>