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In Denver, a Ballot Fight Over Marijuana Arrests
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Aug 14, 2010 03:26am |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Dan Frosch |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Monday, November 5, 2007 09:25:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | DENVER — In 2005, voters here approved a measure making it legal for an adult to possess an ounce or less of marijuana. But arrests for misdemeanor marijuana possession have risen since then.
Now, voters are to decide on a ballot measure that would make possession of small amounts of marijuana the lowest enforcement priority for the police.
“People didn’t want anyone arrested,” said Mason Tvert, executive director of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation, a pro-marijuana group that sponsored the 2005 measure and is sponsoring the latest one. “That’s what they voted on.”
Proponents of the measure, which is similar to regulations in Seattle and Missoula County, Mont., contend that the police have more pressing matters to attend to and that the use of marijuana by adults is less harmful than alcohol. |
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