Happy belated 4/20!

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Good news for all you stoners who like to light up while walking down 7th Avenue, leaving little kids in your wake shouting, "I smell a skunk, mama!" According to The New York Times, the Brooklyn DA's office has proposed an end to prosecuting people arrested for possession of small amounts of marijuana. 

The policy is part of a broader push on the part of Mr. Thompson, who took office this year, to look at alternatives to court for low-level offenders. The district attorney’s office is also participating in a task force looking into placing 16- and 17-year-olds who commit low-level, nonviolent misdemeanors, like scrawling graffiti or riding bicycles on sidewalks, into a short behavioral program, rather than the court system.

Bill Bratton, the police commissioner, is not so stoked about this, and opposes decriminalization of pot, in general. Still, he pledged to "continue to work with the political leadership and to work with the various prosecutors’ offices on how to deal with that issue.”

So, light 'em up!