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Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy has been asked by the mayor to look into possibly writing tickets for small amounts of marijuana instead of making arrests for it. (Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune / ) 
  
 Chicago aldermen are wading into the controversy over drug enforcement with a proposal to decriminalize possessing small amounts of marijuana in the city. 
  
 Supporters say the ordinance — which Ald. Daniel Solis, 25th, plans to introduce at next week's City Council meeting — will raise revenue for the city and free up police to chase more serious criminals. 
  
 If the plan passes, people caught in Chicago with 10 grams or less of marijuana would get a $200 ticket and up to 10 hours of community service, instead of facing a misdemeanor charge punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,500 fine. 
  
 Chicago police get tied up making about 23,000 arrests each year for marijuana possession, said Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey, D-Chicago, who appeared Thursday at a news conference with Solis and other aldermen. 
  
 "It is not time to act tough on crime, it is (time) to be smart on crime. We need our resources spent somewhere else," Fritchey said. 
  
 Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy has mentioned the possibility of issuing tickets for marijuana possession as a way to keep his officers on the streets. 
  
 During a City Council budget hearing Thursday, McCarthy said he was "OK with making it a very simple summary arrest with a ticket, something along those lines." 
  
 Ald. Walter Burnett, 27th, said people arrested for marijuana possession are disproportionately minorities, who now end up with arrests on their criminal records even though the vast majority of the cases are eventually dismissed. 
  
 "I had the opportunity to go to Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, and I think I got contact high being at all those events," Burnett said. "Police there, everything. It wasn't predominantly African-American, and guess what? No one got arrested at those events. If that was an African-American event, the jails would probably be filled up. I think it's almost a discrimination issue." 
  
 Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has complained that the Cook County Jail and courts are jammed with petty marijuana offenders. She released a statement Thursday saying "taxpayers deserve our resources to be spent more productively — on long-term infrastructure projects and on alternative diversion programs for our youth population who circulate through the criminal justice system." 
  
 Authorities can already write tickets for marijuana possession in several suburbs and in areas of Cook County patrolled by the sheriff's department, Fritchey said. 
  
 But Amy Ronshausen, manager of congressional and legislative affairs for the nonprofit Drug Free America Foundation, said decriminalization efforts often have unintended effects, like normalizing drug use. 
  
 "Once you start treating it like a traffic or speeding ticket, we've seen drug use start to go up," Ronshausen said. She also expressed concern that people issued tickets don't have the same chances to get drug treatment as those who go to court. 
  
 Solis expects his ordinance to go through months of hearings and likely changes, but the alderman said he expects it will become law. 
  
 Mayor Rahm Emanuel has not taken a position but has asked McCarthy to look into it, mayoral spokeswoman Chris Mather said. 
  
 jebyrne@tribune.com ||||| Chicago may decriminalize marijuana 
  
 CHICAGO — Chicago pot smokers may soon be able to light up without fear of jail time. 
  
 Several Windy City councilmen said Thursday they plan to introduce a local law that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in order to cut costs and free up police to handle more serious crimes. 
  
 Chicago police make about 23,000 arrests each year for possession of the drug, a misdemeanor which nevertheless carries stiff punishment of up to six months in jail, a $1,500 fine and a criminal record. 
  
 Under the new law set to be introduced next week, people caught with less than 10 grams of marijuana would instead face a $200 fine and up to 10 hours of community service. 
  
 Marijuana has already been downgraded to a lesser offense in several Chicago suburbs and areas of Cook County patrolled by the sheriff's department. 
  
 Some 11 US states have also decriminalized possession of small amounts of pot and 18 states allow its use for medical purposes, according to the pro-marijuana group NORML. 
  
 Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs US taxpayers $10 billion and results in the arrests of 853,000 people a year, NORML said. 
  
 Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey told reporters that the proposed law makes sense. 
  
 "It is not time to act tough on crime; it is (time) to be smart on crime. We need our resources spent somewhere else," he said. 
  
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Output:
As public support for marijuana legalization grows, Chicago may take things one step closer: The city is looking to decriminalize the stuff, meaning users carrying small amounts would pay tickets instead of winding up in jail, the Chicago Tribune notes. Those carrying less than 10 grams would be slapped with a $200 fine and be required to perform community service, AFP reports. City council members intend to introduce the ordinance next week as a cost-cutting measure that would allow police to focus on bigger threats. “It is not time to act tough on crime; it is (time) to be smart on crime. We need our resources spent somewhere else,” says the county commissioner. As it stands, the city’s police make some 23,000 marijuana possession arrests every year; those caught face six months in jail and a $1,500 fine. Across the country, 11 states have already decriminalized the drug, while 18 have legalized medical marijuana.