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"Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." -- Abraham Lincoln December, 1840
 Compiled by Clint Some numbers regarding the USA's useless war on weed: Federal policies, arrests, punishments and opinions
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 Deborah Baker, Associated Press, 3/15/07 New Mexico's Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson, poised to sign a bill making New Mexico the 12th state to legalize medical marijuana, said Thursday he realizes his action could become an issue in the presidential race.
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ACLU, 5/27/07 Judge Submits Official Recommendation to DEA Urging End to 40-Year Barrier to FDA-Approved Medical Marijuana Research.
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 Criminal justice professionals speaking out against the "War on Drugs" A non-profit educational organization comprised of current and former members of the law enforcement and criminal justice communities who are speaking out about the failures of existing drug policies.
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Amanda Pehrson, Campus Press, 4/23/07 There is much disapproval toward any positive stance on marijuana, especially its non-medical legal use. In November 2006, voters were asked to decide on Amendment 44, which would have allowed the possession of less than..
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Stephanie Armour, USA Today, 4/17/07 On a typical weekday, stockbroker Irvin Rosenfeld has a marijuana cigarette before work, then goes to his firm's smoking area for another after he gets to the office. By day's end, he usually has smoked more than..
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 12 States and their Medical Marijuana laws Since 1996, 12 states have enacted laws that allow patients to use medical marijuana, even though federal law continues to ban the drug.
To be effective, a state law must remove criminal penalties for patients who use,..
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Marijuana Policy Project, 4/9/07 State medical marijuana laws do not increase teen use of marijuana, a new analysis of government data shows. Contrary to claims made by opponents of medical marijuana legislation in Minnesota, the report finds that no state..
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 Deborah Baker, Associated Press, 4/2/07 Nearly three decades after medical marijuana first was approved in New Mexico, Gov. Bill Richardson on Monday signed a law authorizing the state Department of Health to give the drug to some seriously ill patients
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3/18/07 USA: Federal court denies fundamental right to use cannabis for medical purposes
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David Abel, Boston Globe, 2/12/07 An administrative law judge recommended Monday that a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst be allowed to grow marijuana for research purposes, possibly making the state host to the nation’s second laboratory..
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Drug War Chronicle, 12/22/06 A study released Monday finds that marijuana is now the nation's biggest cash crop, with the value of the annual harvest exceeding that of corn, soybeans or hay -- the country's top three legal cash crops. The study,..
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Marijuana Policy Project, 12/11/06 A new report from the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) in Washington, D.C., challenges the key assumption underlying present U.S. marijuana laws: that marijuana must be prohibited for adults in order to deter teens from using..
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The Michigan Daily, 12/4/06 The fight to reverse Michigan's ban on medicinal marijuana is understandable given that the drug has been used as such for thousands of years. Eleven states have already legalized its use for the treatment of serious..
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Seattlepi.com, 11/27/06 The Washington Supreme Court, for hardly the first time in judicial history, has rendered a ruling that is at the same time legally correct and morally wrong.
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 Nicola Woolcock, TimesOnline (UK), 8/8/06 A JUDGE has refused to impose an antisocial behaviour order on a man cultivating cannabis because it is “no worse than having tomato plants”. He also told Oxford City Council, who applied for the ASBO, that it was “the sort..
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