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Sooner or later, marijuana will be legal By Bill Piper, Special to CNN September 28, 2010 10:03 a.m. EDT tzleft.piper.bill.courtesy.jpg Editor's note: Bill Piper is the director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance. (CNN) -- It's as predictable as the sun rising and setting. Even though police made more than 850,000 marijuana arrests last year, a recent government report shows youth marijuana use increased by about 9 percent. Supporters of the failed war on drugs will no doubt argue this increase means policymakers should spend more taxpayer money next year arresting and incarcerating a greater number of Americans. In other words, their solution to fai…
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Buckley weighs push for legal pot measure September 28, 2010 Paul Fattig By Paul Fattig Mail Tribune If California voters approve a measure in November to legalize marijuana, Oregon state Rep. Peter Buckley intends to introduce similar legislation when Oregon lawmakers return to Salem in 2011. The Ashland Democrat says the proposed Oregon Cannabis Revenue Act would tax and regulate pot for adult consumption. In addition to raising revenue, Buckley said, it would dramatically reduce criminal activity now associated with it, including the illegal pot gardens now frequently found on area federal forestlands. "But what happens in California is the key," said Buckley…
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Calif Measure Shows State's Conflicted Link To Pot permalink California has a long history of defying conventional wisdom on the issue of marijuana, including its embrace of the drug in the 1960s and its landmark medical pot law 14 years ago. So it may not be all that surprising that a November ballot measure to legalize the drug has created some odd alliances and scenarios. Pot growers have opposed it. Some police have favored it. Polls show the public is deeply divided. Only politicians have lined up as expected: Nearly all major party candidates oppose the measure. And hanging over the whole debate is the fact that marijuana remains illegal under federal law. As …
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Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xli5MRkM2p8
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An interesting article, and would be interesting to see what impact any possible reform in the UK would have here. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/18/police-chief-decriminalise-cannabis
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Ex-Officers, Judges Support Calif Pot Legalization WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. A group of former law enforcement officials is endorsing a November ballot measure that would legalize marijuana in California. The group, which includes former or retired police officers, judges and prosecutors, announced Monday in West Hollywood that it supports Proposition 19 because keeping marijuana illegal props up drug cartels and diverts law enforcement from more serious crime. If approved by voters, the proposition would allow adults to possess up to one ounce of marijuana. Local governments would be allowed to tax its sales. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca recently said he woul…
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I found this piece to be one of the strangest I've read in a long time. Full of hyperbole, distortions and contradictions, yet he still advocates legalisation. I find it laughable that he advocates the "science" showing adverse effects of cannabis, but strangely mentions nothing of the science showing the opposite. And he wants to limit thc content in pot??!! oh dear... Source: Seattle Times (WA) Author: John McKay, Special to The Times Published: September 3, 2010 Copyright: 2010 The Seattle Times Company Contact: opinion@seatimes.com Website: http://www.seattletimes.com/
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