Deputies find alligators guarding marijuana plants after responding to shooting | Essentials

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Deputies find alligators guarding marijuana plants after responding to shooting

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OLYMPIA, Wash. –  Thurston County Sheriff's deputies found two 5-foot alligators at a marijuana grow site where a man was shot on Monday evening. Lieutenant Greg Elwin says deputies responded to the scene in the Scott Lake area south of Olympia when a man called 911 to say he had shot another man.

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Seattle Police Loosens Pot Rules For Applicants

Reblogged from CBS Seattle:

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle police department says it is loosening rules on past marijuana use by applicants.

Police officials say the change in policy comes because voters legalized the recreational use of pot by approving Initiative 502.

The department says that until this week, applicants were immediately disqualified if they had smoked marijuana within three years of applying for a position.

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Police, change in policy for marijuana, recreational use legal by I-502?