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US NE: Column: To Weed Out Injustices, Legalize Pot

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n032/a05.html
Newshawk: Kirk
Pubdate: Thu, 10 Jan 2013
Source: Omaha World-Herald (NE)
Copyright: 2013 Omaha World-Herald Company
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Website: http://www.omaha.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/320
Author: E. J. Dionne, Jr.

TO WEED OUT INJUSTICES, LEGALIZE POT

I have no desire to smoke marijuana, partly because doing so might drive me back to the cigarette habit I broke two decades ago.  I don't want to be one of those "cool parents" who pretend to be as culturally advanced as their kids.  In my case, that's a ridiculous aspiration anyway.

And I agree with those who call attention to the dangers of excessive indulgence in marijuana and want to encourage people to resist it.  Nobody wants us to become a nation of stoners.

Nonetheless, I have come to believe that we should legalize or at least decriminalize marijuana use.

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