He still reads sociological journals and, incidentally, sticks to his belief that marijuana should be legal.
In three states Washington, Colorado, and Massachusetts efforts to liberalize marijuana laws succeeded last night.
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That uncertainty is crucial because heavy drinking is much more common and much more harmful than heavy marijuana use.
Illegal growers, of course, have been producing and marketing large quantities of marijuana often at a sizable profit for decades.
It concludes, to nobody's great surprise though in the most timid possible terms that marijuana is a legitimate medical drug.
Even though some state laws allow marijuana for medical use like California federal law still classifies it as a controlled substance.
Kleiman, says not so fast but he does expect marijuana to be legalized in the not too distant future.
Until recently the city had more marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks outlets a remarkable statistic considering that the company is headquartered there.
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Along with the terrified hostages, the soldiers found assault rifles, handguns, a grenade launcher and more than 2 tons of marijuana.
The Assembly where support the measure is broad passed a medical marijuana bill in 2007 and 2008, both times with wide margins of support.
And, with marijuana, this gets pretty interesting at least for a tax wonk.
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In California, Colorado, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington , businesses need not currently accommodate employees who legally use marijuana for medicinal purposes.
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One in 11 people who start marijuana use will become addicted a rate that rises to one in six when use begins during adolescence.
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The Constitution allows the federal government to restrict interstate commerce, and the federal laws forbidding the interstate transfer of marijuana would remain in effect.
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"The same organizations, the Zetas or the Gulf cartel, the most violent ones, they deal with all drugs not only marijuana, " Guerrero says.
Growing, distributing and possessing marijuana in any capacity, other than as part of a federally authorized research program, is a violation of federal law.
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Since the demand curve for drugs is fairly inelastic and I see no reason to think marijuana is an exception this will reduce drug dealer revenue.
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While still prohibited by federal law (possession can lead to fines and jail time), eighteen states allow the possession of marijuana for medical purposes.
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The expansion of medical marijuana among the states is still legally opposed by the federal government, which can and has shut down any dispensary at any time.
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According to a Gallup poll, as of December 2012, 64% of Americans were opposed to the federal government regulating marijuana when it contrasts with state law.
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Voters in Arkansas rejected a similar measure, while voters in Montana, where medical marijuana is already legal, approved a measure keeping more stringent restrictions in place.
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And presidents have pursued the Drug War with full ferocity, shutting down marijuana dispensaries legal under state law and threatening landlords who rent to pot suppliers.
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The issue remains controversial, but there is anecdotal evidence backed by serious medical professionals that marijuana is useful for treating AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and other conditions.
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In order for the individual mandate to correspond equally, he would have to support congressional power to require individuals to grow marijuana in the first place.
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Nearly 40 years later, the use of marijuana has spread from high school age kids taking illegal drags behind walls to a more front and center movement.
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Similar to the financial blockade against Wikileaks, but admittedly on a smaller scale, banks have refused to offer regular banking and payroll services to medical marijuana dispensaries.
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Nullification is at the forefront of debates about the relationship between the states and the federal government with respect to immigration and medical marijuana, among other issues.
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But Mario Lap, a drug policy advisor and director of the Drugtext Foundation in the Netherlands, believes that even in border towns, banning marijuana sales to non-nationals would be "counterproductive".
Colorado and Washington appear to be heading towards a conflict with federal authorities after voters approved measures allowing the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use.
Black men are selectively arrested for marijuana crimes, and these arrests have a stigmatizing effect on future employment and earnings that redounds to the detriment of African-American families.
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