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The Capital Times, 18 Nov 2013 – In two states last year, voters legalized recreational marijuana. One of those states, Colorado, is similar politically to Wisconsin. And yet, few among Wisconsin’s political class appear to take pot legalization seriously. If anything, it is dismissed as a wacky western idea that has no place in the […]

Reno News & Review, 21 Nov 2013 – Re “The real problem is prohibition” (Let Freedom Ring, Nov. 7): Thank you for this column. It is nice to read something that is factually based and not propagating fear and ignorance. Keep on doing real journalism and spreading educated truth.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 23 Nov 2013 – Nine years ago, Ronald Washington swiped two Michael Jordan jerseys from a Foot Locker in Shreveport, La. Although the shirts were on sale for $45 each, they were officially priced at $60, putting their combined value above $100.

The Brown Daily Herald, 24 Nov 2013 – In April, possession of small amounts of marijuana was decriminalized in Rhode Island. Some might wonder what motivated the state government to loosen restrictions on a substance that causes such apparent mental impairment. How could this possibly benefit the state?

Garden Island, 25 Nov 2013 – A startling scandal in our so-called criminal justice system is largely unnoticed by most Americans because the media in all their forms ignore it. But the American Civil Liberties Union does not.

Tucson Weekly, 28 Nov 2013 – A Tough Month for Mr. Smith Is Reminding Him to Accentuate the Positive It’s been a tough month in Mr. Smithland, where the sudden, tragic death of a vehicle and associated financial disaster forced a shit-ton of stress upon my cervical spine, pulling and yanking on it from C5-7 […]

Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov 2013 – With a state medical marijuana law set to go into effect at the beginning of the year, Chicago-area communities are left trying to figure out what that will mean for them.

Albany Democrat-Herald, 01 Dec 2013 – If you were to take a walk with your family past storefronts in Venice Beach, California, you would likely pass by a number of “medical” marijuana dispensaries. You would be solicited by a dispensary employee asking, “Are you feeling well today? Would you like to feel better?”

Las Vegas Review-Journal, 01 Dec 2013 – To the editor: Regarding Glenn Cook’s Nov. 24 column (“Medical marijuana going to pot?”), not only should medical marijuana be made available to Nevada patients in need, but adult recreational use should be legal too.

Garden Island, 01 Dec 2013 – Cannabis (marijuana) prohibition is one of America’s worst policy failures in history (Prisons thriving on marijuana arrests, Nov. 25, 2013), dependent on lies, half-truths and propaganda to exist. However, it has worked as properly as a tool for racist discrimination.