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Written by SAFER
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Tuesday, 05 May 2009 |
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From Asheville Citizen-Times columnist Dave Russel's latest piece: What about alcohol? In many ways, legalizing marijuana
makes more sense than legalizing even alcohol. Marijuana, while
habit-forming, is not addictive. No one has ever overdosed on
marijuana, but people drink themselves to death, sadly. Overall,
alcohol use, through DUI accidents and long-term health issues, kills
about 100,000 people a year. I’ll take a stoned driver over a drunk
driver any day. Studies show that alcohol contributes to incidences
of domestic violence and sexual assault and marijuana use does not. As
a matter of fact, studies show that alcohol use contributes to
aggressive behavior and acts of violence, whereas marijuana use
actually reduces the likelihood of violence. And finally, like it says
on more than one bathroom wall, “God made marijuana, man made alcohol.
Who do you trust?”
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Written by Patricia Calhoun
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 |
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If the Colorado Legislature can tie a debate on the death penalty to
the dismal economy, no reason California can't do the same for a
discussion of legalizing marijuana. "Well, I think it's not time for
(legalization), but I think it's time for a debate," Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday.
"I think all of those ideas of creating extra revenues, I'm always for
an open debate on it. And I think we ought to study very carefully what
other countries are doing that have legalized marijuana and other
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Written by Karissa Conard, Josh Divine, and Matthew Fullen
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Monday, 20 April 2009 |
Looking at Marijuana from UNC to D.C.The phrase "4/20" has the ability to spark several different topics
within the mind depending on your level of knowledge concerning
marijuana. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th and the Columbine
shooting occurred on April 20th, but neither of these are the topic
that generally comes to mind when someone hears "4/20." In response to
the current 4/20 celebration of marijuana subculture, The UNC
Connection researched the controversial topic surrounding marijuana
usage, ranging from the history of the criminalization of marijuana in
the United States, to current attempts at legalization, to actual
marijuana usage. The UNC Connection spoke to representatives from
several different lobbying groups, citizens and professionals within
the community, and even to individual marijuana users and dealers.
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Written by Phil Smith
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Friday, 01 May 2009 |
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Sometime in the last few months, the notion of legalizing marijuana crossed an invisible threshold. Long relegated to the margins of political discourse by the conventional wisdom, pot freedom has this year gone mainstream.
The potential flu pandemic and President Obama's 100th day in office may have knocked marijuana off the front pages this week, but so far this year, the issue has exploded in the mass media, impelled by the twin forces of economic crisis and Mexican violence fueled by drug prohibition. A Google news search for the phrase "legalize marijuana" turned up more than 1,100 hits -- and that's just for the month of April.
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