WOR's John Gambling was joined by Mayor Bloomberg this morning to discuss some of the main points of yesterday's State of the City speech, his final as Mayor of New York City.

Among the hot topics of teacher evaluations, school bus systems and environmental awareness, the Mayor also discussed the changing policies regarding possession of "small amounts" of marijuana.

"If a cop stops you for some reason and you have a small amount, you get thrown in jail overnight," he said about the current process. "Now, if you have an ID and there is no outstanding warrant, you get a desk ticket and will come back to court."

"I personally am not in favor of legalizing marijuana or any other drugs, I think it's a dangerous thing. But the reality is that for small amounts of marijuana, theres a lot of kids that have it - you're clogging the jails, clogging the courts, you're clogging the police schedules," Bloomberg commented.

When Gambling played devil's advocate and questioned whether this would only condone the use and sale of marijuana rather than do any good in minimizing its presence, Mayor Bloomberg disagreed.  The new policy is "not condoning, but certainly not penalizing" possession of small amounts of marijuana, he noted.