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  • McGinn believes pot should not only be legal, but also taxed.
  • “We recognize that, you know, like alcohol, it’s something that should be regulated, not treated as a criminal activity. And I think that’s where the citizens of Seattle want us to go,” said McGinn on a public radio show on Friday.
  • McGinn asked for the public’s help identifying the issues he should tackle as mayor. Topping the list was light rail expansion. The second slot went to legalizing pot.
  • Now McGinn, as well as state leaders, are talking about it.
  • McGinn says the drug should be legalized and also taxed to offset some of the city’s financial problems.
  • “I think if every elected official who ever smoked marijuana voted to legalize it, it’d probably be legalized in an instant,” he said.

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