A majority of Tri-City voters opposed legalizing marijuana, but come Dec. 6 they'll be able to light a joint and have up to an ounce of pot in their pockets.

Exactly how they'll get the drugs, however, is one of many questions state and local officials are trying answer.

Initiative 502, which was passed by 56 percent of statewide voters, makes it legal for adults 21 and older to have an ounce of useable marijuana, 16 ounces of a marijuana infused product in solid form and 72 ounces of a marijuana infused product in liquid form.

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A federal judge has indicated he may go against a plea deal and send two former Franklin County corrections officers to prison for trying to start a marijuana distribution business.

Kevin Still, 44, and Sonya Symons, 32, were scheduled to be sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Richland.

But the hearing was postponed after Judge Edward Shea notified attorneys that he was considering incarcerating the former jailers.

The written plea agreements negotiated for the Pasco couple said federal prosecutors would recommend they serve two years of probation and no prison time.

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