Pubdate: Fri, 26 Sep 2014
Source: Seattle Times (WA)
Copyright: 2014 The Associated Press
Contact:  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/409
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OFFICIALS WANT TO BAN POT SMOKING IN CARS

OLYMPIA (AP) - State officials want the Legislature to tweak the 
state's recreational-marijuana law so that it's illegal to smoke 
marijuana in a car.

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) notes that under the 
state's new recreational-pot law, there's no explicit language 
addressing marijuana in vehicles, The News Tribune of Tacoma reported Thursday.

The commission plans to ask lawmakers to create a clear rule covering 
both drivers and passengers' ability to smoke or have open packages 
of marijuana inside a vehicle, said Darrin Grondel, director of the WTSC.

The passage of Initiative 502 at the end of 2012 legalized the 
recreational use of marijuana in Washington. Even though the law 
prohibits smoking marijuana in public view, officials say many people 
don't think of their car as a public place.

The next Legislative session begins in January.
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