I would wait until the next major election however. A much larger common-sense to fundie ration that way.

And I hear ya about Eureka. I remember years ago smoking out in Basin Park with little to no fear of getting busted. My kind of town.

Is there any way that Fayetteville could transition to a law enforcement priority where certain offenses are ticketable and not arrestable?

Austin started doing this I think this year. Not just weed, but other stuff too.

Saves court costs and room in the jail. It would probably require a statewide mandate. Of course we could just secede.

I am all for independence from Arkansas and the U.S.A. for that matter.

Does that make me a terrorist?

Things are so much more interesting now than they were 8 years ago…

Since we began working on this initiative over a year ago, we have heard from the police, prosecutor, and the city attorney that Fayetteville police already use their discretion to deprioritize such arrests. Now the voters have thrown their support behind this approach, and will expect to see decreasing numbers of arrests for adult marijuana possession in the City of Fayetteville.

Equally important is the fact that this initiative mandates a letter on behalf of the voters be sent by the city clerk each year to our elected representatives in the state and federal government, asking they take immediate steps to enact similar laws.

Of greatest importance is this public acknowledgment that voters are not satisfied with the current policies governing marijuana. These policies are expensive, damaging to our families and communities, and they don’t work. While the government has spent billions of dollars jailing hundreds of thousands of otherwise law abiding citizens for the private use of marijuana, the use of marijuana has not decreased, but rather has increased. Clearly it is time for a new approach, and this is a crucial first step in that direction.

There you have it. Any questions send them to denhamrendering@yahoo.com or kelly@joplin-norml.org

I have nothing to back that up except for random conversations with people. If anyone has actual statistics…that would be great.

Has there been any recorded reduction of arrests in Eureka?
I’ve found a few articles around the time of it’s passing, but nothing on any changes. Judging from the articles, it doesn’t seem like there would be any effect.

I’ll keep an eye on the Lovely County Citizen’s police beat, which, if you haven’t discovered it already, is one of the finest reads on the whole of the interweb. Everything from rats attacking children to a quote from Friday the 13th that pretty much sums up the whole thing, “4:54 p.m. — A Pivot Rock Rd. resident invited an officer to “check out a strong smell of pot smoke.”"