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Newshawk: Herb Couch
Pubdate: Thu, 31 Jul 2014
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer (OH)
Copyright: 2014 The Cincinnati Enquirer
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/aeNtfDqb
Website: http://www.cincinnati.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/86
Author: Thomas Vance
Referenced: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/27/opinion/sunday/high-time-marijuana-legalization.html
CANNABIS PROHIBITION, CAN WE JUST STOP IT?
The New York Times, a paper that has many times printed articles
endorsing the prohibition of cannabis and editorializing in favor of
continuing this prohibition has thrown in the towel. Sunday, July 27,
saw the end of that position. The Times editorial board ran an
editorial calling for the end of cannabis prohibition. The Times joins
several conservative publications such as The National Review in this
position.
The Times rightly considered the evidence and decided prohibition is a
failure and the time has come for full legalization on the federal
level. Public opinion has moved on this issue over the last 20 years
and at this time the majority of Americans favor, not just medical
cannabis, but full legalization for the industrial, medical and
recreational use of marijuana.
The Office of Drug Control Policy, ( ONDCP ), responded of course. Their
response was what you would expect, vague assertions of negative
outcomes when using cannabis for any reason. Interestingly, as public
knowledge of cannabis and its many uses become common, the ONDCP has
become more selective in its predictions of doom and gloom. They cited
four talking points as the reasons for continuing the total
prohibition of cannabis.
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