The push to make marijuana offenses a low priority for Santa Cruz police is part of a statewide effort to build support for changing state law to legalize the drug's use by adults, proponent Andrea Tischler said. Similar proposals have been made in Santa Barbara, Santa Monica and West Hollywood.

Instead, Tischler said police should focus on violent crimes.

"We should be able to direct police to work on things we consider important," Tischler said. "We're talking about private use of marijuana. We're not talking about using it on the mall or minors or people driving a car."
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/arc...es/02local.htm

Like Teischler said, I think there's enough violent crimes to keep the police busy....why hassle harmless tokers!:thumbsup:
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . marijuana initiatives make it on the ballot The push to make marijuana offenses a low priority for Santa Cruz police is part of a statewide effort to build support for changing state law to legalize the drug's use by adults, proponent Andrea Tischler said. Similar proposals have been made in Santa Barbara, Santa Monica and West Hollywood. Instead, Tischler said police should focus on violent crimes. "We should be able to direct police to work on things we consider important," Tischler said. "We're talking about private use of Rating: 5