Pubdate: Wed, 17 Sep 2014
Source: Albuquerque Journal (NM)
Copyright: 2014 Albuquerque Journal
Contact:  http://www.abqjournal.com/
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Page: C2

SF PANEL CRITICIZES NEW POT ORDINANCE

SANTA FE - Santa Fe's advisory Public Safety Committee on Tuesday 
panned the city's new ordinance that decriminalizes possession of 
less than an ounce of marijuana.

Former police chief Eric Johnson referred to part of the new law that 
makes busts for possession of small amounts of pot the lowest law 
enforcement priority in Santa Fe.

Johnson wanted to know what that means and said in his view marijuana 
remains "a gateway drug." The committee voted unanimously to have 
nothing to do with the pot law, rejecting an amendment to clarify 
that it remains "unlawful" to have an ounce of pot in Santa Fe.
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