Smoke pot in public in DC? You'll only get a citation

City Paper = Police chief Peter Newsham and Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that people caught smoking pot in public will now receive citations instead of being detained. (That was already an option for police, but it’s now mandatory.) “This policy will reduce the number of people who are taken into custody and allow us to better focus our efforts and resources on building a safer, stronger D.C.,” Bowser said.