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Webpage: http://www.modbee.com/opinion/national/story/622556.html
Pubdate: Fri, 06 Mar 2009
Source: Modesto Bee, The (CA)
Copyright: 2009 The Modesto Bee
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Website: http://www.modbee.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/271
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)
TIME TO START TALKING ABOUT MARIJUANA LAWS
No, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano isn't high. He's well aware that federal
law prohibits the legalization of marijuana sales in California. He
also knows President Obama opposes changing the federal law.
So what's the San Francisco Democrat up to with AB 390, his proposal
to legalize and tax weed to ease the state's deficit? Think of it as a
conversation starter - a necessary first step toward bringing more
reason into U.S. drug laws. They won't change without pressure and
leadership from states such as California.
And while legal pot shops won't be opening anytime soon, Ammiano is
taking an obvious first step toward sanity in drug enforcement:
decriminalizing marijuana for personal and private use.
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MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin
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