Legal weed? Not so much

SEATTLE (AP) - January 25, 2008

They told officers they had moved to Seattle from Wyoming, because was they heard pot was legal in Washington state city.

Well, they were misinformed. Five years ago voters approved a ballot measure making adult marijuana offenses the lowest law enforcement priority. But the initiative didn't legalize marijuana and possession is a crime.

Police report one of the men who was arrested handed an officer a baggy full of the still-illegal weed and two glass pipes.

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