October 27, 2004

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  On January 1, 2004 a law banning smoking on the beach sidewalks and boardwalks in Santa Cruz, CA went into effect.  Earlier this month, the city counseling passed a resolution that will also ban smoking on the beaches under control of  the City Parks and Recreation Department.
  
  In seemingly unrelated news, the District Attorney of Santa Cruz county, exasperated by the DEA's (successful) efforts to shutdown the growing, harvesting and use of medical marijuana announced that his office would no longer prosecute any marijuana usage violations.  The Sheriff quickly followed suit and announced that if the DA would not prosecute, then his office would not arrest for usage crimes.
  
  Then, members of the city council started a marijuana give away program to those with Doctor's prescriptions at City Hall.
  
  The upshot of this, if you smoke a cigarette on the boardwalk at Santa Cruz, you can be fined and arrested.  However, if it is a joint, seems there is no problem. 

  
  

  -mephistopheles2u

  
  

   

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