Pubdate: Sun, 11 Aug 2002
Source: Chicago Tribune (IL)
Contact:  2002 Chicago Tribune Company
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POLICE GROUP REVERSES OK ON MARIJUANA

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Nevada's largest police organization has ousted its
president and reversed his endorsement of a statewide initiative that would
let adults legally possess small amounts of marijuana.

The Nevada Conference of Police and Sheriffs issued a statement blaming
former President Andy Anderson for a "misunderstanding" and declared that
the executive board had not endorsed decriminalizing marijuana when Anderson
polled them Tuesday.

The organization said Friday that it does not endorse the measure, which
will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot, "nor will it support any measure for the
decriminalization or legalization of marijuana."

Anderson could not be reached for comment Friday night.

On Tuesday, he said, "We just feel we could use our resources better. Why
waste our time with marijuana arrests?"

The ballot initiative would allow marijuana to be sold only in
state-licensed and -taxed smoke shops. Possession by minors would still be a
crime, and public use would be banned.
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