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The Question of Good Taste is Another Matter Entirely

Smoking marijuana: not okay. Spray-painting huge marijuana leaves on the outside of your house: fine, apparently. That's the verdict in Winsted, Connecticut, where town officials (...

Smoking marijuana: not okay.

Spray-painting huge marijuana leaves on the outside of your house: fine, apparently.

That's the verdict in Winsted, Connecticut, where town officials (begrudgingly, it seems) said there's nothing illegal about the pot paintings on the home of town resident Christopher Seekins (who was arrested five months ago for growing weed in his house).

Seekins -- whose house is on High Street -- says the ganja decor is in support of the legalization of marijuana.

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism
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