Pubdate: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) Copyright: 2002 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Contact: http://www.seattle-pi.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/408 SEATTLEITES WILL VOTE ON DEPRIORITIZING MARIJUANA CRIMES An initiative that would make marijuana arrests and prosecutions the lowest priority for Seattle will head to the September 2003 ballot. The City Council declined yesterday to vote Initiative 75 into law or to offer an alternative measure. Instead, it chose to send the issue to voters next year. The initiative would require the Seattle Police Department and the City Attorney's Office to make cases involving adult personal use of marijuana the lowest priority for police. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth