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CEDAR FALLS | A pair of activists is working behind the scenes on a policy they hope will lead to the decriminalization of marijuana in cities across Iowa, starting with Cedar Falls.

They are Quinn Symonds of Mason City and Aaron Schoeneman of Ames. Symonds is the founder of marijuana advocacy group Iowa First and is a member of the Iowa chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, of which Schoeneman is director.

“We’re hoping that by us doing this, other people will do it, that maybe there will be a domino effect,” Symonds said.

Symonds and Schoeneman started drafting their policy — which cities in Iowa could adopt as an ordinance -- after Cedar Falls City Councilman Nick Taiber approached them for guidance in early October.

Taiber has proposed decriminalizing the possession of marijuana within Cedar Falls, and he thinks the policy proposed by Symonds and Schoneman could be the way to do it.

“How you go about it in each city could be a little bit different,” Taiber said, “but it could serve as a template.”