Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Criminal Law

: The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Some Find Hope for a Shift in Drug Policy If Seattle Police Chief is Named Drug Czar

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Some Find Hope for a Shift in Drug Policy By WILLIAM YARDLEY Published: February 15, 2009 NY Times SEATTLE ? Washington State law prohibits the possession of marijuana except for certain medical purposes. Hempfest is not one of them. Yet each summer when the event draws thousands to the Seattle waterfront to call for decriminalizing marijuana, participants light up in clear view of police officers. And they rarely get arrested. The latest on President Obama, the new administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. ?Police officers patrolling are courteous and respectful,? said Alison Holcomb, drug policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington. One reason for the officers? approach, said Ms...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 16, 2009 (boomark / email).