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A Thoughtful Look at the Marijuana Legalization Trend

ggallman Wrote: Jan 16, 2013 5:49 PM

My daughter was caught in a park after dark with a few friends. The group was charged with posession of marijuana. She tested positive. Had she failed a drug test in the following 6 months, she would have gone to jail. - I do not use marijuana. But it should not be illegal by federal law.

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A Thoughtful Look at the Marijuana Legalization Trend

Society is gradually becoming more liberal – or libertine – in many ways, and one of the latest trends is the gradual legalization of marijuana in one state after another. This past election, voters approved marijuana for legal (recreational) use in Colorado and Washington. Marijuana has been legalized for recreational or medicinal use in 13 states, with more states to consider it soon. 15 million Americans are regular users of marijuana, a little over 5% of of the population. It seems problematic to criticize its legalization from a logical perspective considering alcohol, another psychoactive substance, is legal. If it is acceptable...

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