Hello, Weed-Smoking College Students, Welcome to Seattle, Where What You Do Is Not Illegal

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Well, It's Illegal If You're Under 21, and Your School Probably Doesn't Allow It on Campus...

Dear cannabis-using and cannabis-curious college students of 2015: You have now matriculated in one of the most weed-friendly cities in the United States. That could be a godsend or a problem for you in the years to come, but we'll get to that in a moment. For now, congratulations.

Washington State legalized recreational marijuana (for people 21 and older) in 2013. But our pot friendliness dates back much further than that: A decade earlier, Seattle voted to make low-level marijuana possession the "lowest law-enforcement priority" in the city. Three decades before that, in 1968, a "citizens' committee on crime" organized by the state attorney general recommended liberalizing pot laws (as well as abortion laws). Seattle is also home to Hempfest, one of the biggest pro-legalization events in the country. You get the idea.

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