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Sunday, October 21, 2012

CNN: Elliot C. McLaughlin- 'Marijuana Advocates Hope To Rise From Prohibition'


Source:CNN- "Just say no to prohibition." Kire Schneider.

"Turn on a television show or open a magazine in the United States today and you’re bound to see someone with a drink in hand – something unthinkable nearly a century ago.

Advocates of marijuana hope that someday that drug will emerge from its current “prohibition” period, the same way alcohol did, and become not only legal but as socially acceptable as having a drink.

Could that happen? Depends who you ask. Advocates point to the November ballot in Colorado and Washington, where voters approved legal pot for everyone, not just for those who have a medical reason... 

From CNN

A growing consensus in America that marijuana prohibition is a bad idea.

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