City Inside/Out: Pot Policy
2/12/2010: Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes is making good on his campaign promise to stop charging people with misdemeanor pot possessions. The state legislature has debated for the last few years about whether to make possession of up to 40 grams of marijuana a civil offense, punishable by only a $100 fine but no jail time. And a new citizens` initiative is gathering signatures to make the use and cultivation of pot legal. Is there momentum to decriminalize or even legalize marijuana in Washington state? And what are the repercussions on the city, county and state levels? We hear from King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg, state senator Pam Roach (R-Auburn), criminal defense attorney and Sensible Washington founder Douglas Hiatt. We also meet 2 medical marijuana patients who describe their personal struggles with the current medical marijuana law. In our studio roundtable, don`t miss a spirited discussion with Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, ACLU-WA Drug Policy Director Alison Holcomb, and Chemical Dependency Professionals Kelly Kerby of Seattle Children`s Hospital and Gary Hothi of the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration.

Link to video: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3061007