08-16-2013, 03:48 PM
Lemon Drop wrote:
[quote=ztirffritz]
Washington has a law regarding smoking cigarettes within xft of a public building or workplace. A friend of mine pointed out that if he stood x+1ft from the building smoking pot and someone else stood x-1ft from the building smoking a cigarette the police were obligated to cite the cigarette smoker before him.
your friend is misinformed
it's illegal to smoke pot in public (Hempfest notwithstanding...)
True, but pot offenses are legally relegated to the lowest priority for law enforcement. Jay walking takes precedence over pot in Seattle now. They actually made a law telling the police that pot laws are to be enforced only in the absence of any other offenses or violations. I didn't say that smoking pot was legal, only that the illegal cigarette smoker would have to be cited first.