A sponsor of the proposal, Councilman Russ Pulley, is a former police officer and state trooper and retired F.B.I. The proposal comes as mainstream country music, the city’s signature cultural export, has experienced an apparent uptick in mentions of pot use in recent years. I think that’s gone.”PhotoBut Mr. Patton, a former criminal prosecutor, said that almost no one from the country music community had lent their support to his group. The critics include State Representative William Lamberth, a Republican, who argues that the proposal amounts to Nashville “pretending to decriminalize” marijuana. “My real worry is that they pass this ordinance, and all these people in Nashville, and people who are visiting Nashville, think that it’s legal,” he said.

Source: New York Times September 18, 2016 23:03 UTC