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Local Hero Rick Steves is Profiled

By Aaron

Katherin Ganter profiles Rick Steves in the Kirkland Obsrever. You can read the full article here. The PBS travel writer has gone out of his way to squash the convention that one person can’t make a difference. Mr. Steves has financed a television program and continues to do speaking engagements to inspire conversation about marijuana laws and policy. Rick Steves has also publicly criticized the local media for stifling the conversation regarding marijuana prohibition.  ”Washington State Institute for Public Policy estimates that the state could save $7.6 million a year if the law were changed, based on the 11,553 misdemeanor arrests made in 2007.”  

Full post as published by Washington State Criminal Defense on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).