Thursday, September 18, 2003

SEATTLE VOTE TRIES ENDRUN AROUND FED MARIJUANA POLICY
In a sharp rebuke to White House Drug Czar John Walters, Seattle voters overwhelmingly passed Initiative 75 today, ordering Seattle police and prosecutors to make arrest and prosecution of adults possessing marijuana for personal use their lowest priority. With 97 percent of the vote counted, the measure was winning by a margin of 58.6 percent to 41.4 percent."
(MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)

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