Pubdate: Mon, 27 September 1999 Source: People Magazine (US) Copyright: 1999 People Magazine Contact: People, Time-Life Building, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY 10020 Website: http://www.people.com/ Note: Title by NewsHawk US: HUGH DOWNS INTERVIEW Sept. 24 will mark Hugh Downs's final appearance on ABC's 20/20. On it, he tells the co-anchor Barbara Walters that marijuana should be legalized. "I poked at [saying it] a little bit in years past," says Downs, who is particularly interested in the medical benefits of the drug. "But the roof fell in so hard that I decided to back off." - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D