Lay Off the Pot, Cops

| Wed Nov. 1, 2006 9:54 PM PST

Initiatives to make marijuana the "lowest law enforcement priority" are on ballots in five cities this year - California's Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Santa Monica, as well as Missoula, Montana and Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It's not quite as goofy an idea as it sounds - similar measures have already passed in Seattle and Oakland. No big surprise that three coastal California towns are thinking of following suit - but it sure does make me curious about Eureka Springs.

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The initiative in Missoula County was gutted by the county commissioners this week, much to the dismay of voters across the country:

http://www.grupthink.com/topic/5605
http://digg.com/politics/Voters_Appalled_Over_Forced_Amendment_to_Mariju...
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/24/197258

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