News (Media Awareness Project) - US WA: Seattleites Will Vote On Deprioritizing Marijuana Crimes |
| Title: | US WA: Seattleites Will Vote On Deprioritizing Marijuana Crimes |
| Published On: | 2002-10-29 |
| Source: | Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-08-29 11:35:21 |
SEATTLEITES WILL VOTE ON DEPRIORITIZING MARIJUANA CRIMES
An initiative that would make marijuana arrests and prosecutions the lowest
priority for Seattle will head to the September 2003 ballot.
The City Council declined yesterday to vote Initiative 75 into law or to
offer an alternative measure. Instead, it chose to send the issue to voters
next year.
The initiative would require the Seattle Police Department and the City
Attorney's Office to make cases involving adult personal use of marijuana
the lowest priority for police.
An initiative that would make marijuana arrests and prosecutions the lowest
priority for Seattle will head to the September 2003 ballot.
The City Council declined yesterday to vote Initiative 75 into law or to
offer an alternative measure. Instead, it chose to send the issue to voters
next year.
The initiative would require the Seattle Police Department and the City
Attorney's Office to make cases involving adult personal use of marijuana
the lowest priority for police.
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