Wisconsin has not legalized recreational or full medical cannabis; home cultivation remains a felony under Wis. Stat. §961.41(1h). Milwaukee's local deprioritization (MCO Ch. 106-35) does not authorize cultivation.
Wisconsin has not enacted recreational or full medical cannabis legalization. Home cultivation of any quantity of marijuana plants remains a Schedule I controlled-substance violation under Wis. Stat. §961.41(1h), prosecutable by the state regardless of local sentiment. Milwaukee's deprioritization ordinance (Milwaukee Code Ch. 106-35), which sets a $1 civil forfeiture for possession of small amounts of marijuana within city limits, applies only to municipal possession enforcement, not to cultivation, distribution, or state criminal prosecution. Milwaukee County District Attorney charging policies have generally declined to prosecute small-amount possession, but cultivation prosecutions remain active. Wisconsin's narrow CBD exemption under Wis. Stat. §961.32(2m) covers only specific medical CBD use.
State cultivation charges range from Class I felony (small plant counts) to higher felonies for larger grows. Milwaukee's $1 civil forfeiture does not apply to cultivation; state law controls.
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