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Newsbrief:
Seattle
Marijuana
Initiative
Signature-Gathering
Now
Underway
5/24/02
Volunteers are hitting the
pavement in Seattle to gather signatures for a ballot initiative that "would
require the Seattle Police and the Seattle City Attorney to make cases
involving marijuana offenses, where the marijuana was intended for adult
personal use, the City's lowest law enforcement priority."
The initiative is worded
to avoid clashing with state law. Under Washington state law, possession
of as little of a gram of weed can net a 90-day jail sentence and $1,000
fine. If passed, the initiative would leave state law intact, but
would compel Seattle authorities to turn a blind eye to minor marijuana
offenses, a piece of legal legerdemain similar to current Dutch practice
regarding coffee shops.
The Initiative-75, or I-75,
campaign is a project of the Sensible Seattle Coalition (http://www.sensibleseattle.org)
and is headed by Dominic Holden, director of the annual Seattle Hempfest
and head of Washington NORML.
The initiative effort must
gather 18,000 signatures by August to appear on the November ballot.
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Issue #238, 5/24/02
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