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  "path": "/2026/05/15/19-year-old-got-12-years-for-selling-5-of-pot-in-1975.html",
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  "textContent": "I came across a September 1976 piece in High Times headlined \"Missouri — 12 Years for 11 Grams.\"\n\nJerry Mitchell, a 19-year-old from West Plains, Missouri, had sold about a third of an ounce of marijuana to an undercover Highway Patrol agent for five dollars. — Read the rest \n\nThe post 19-year-old got 12 years for selling $5 of pot in 1975 appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "19-year-old got 12 years for selling $5 of pot in 1975"
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