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23 hours ago ago from Smkrider's When Government Fails Us!
By Sherwood Ross The Public Record Nov 12th, 2009 Seven million Americans have been arrested since 1995 on marijuana charges and 41,000 of them are rotting in federal and state prisons. Thousands of other pot users and sellers are confined in local jails. But the public is starting to rebel against “the preposterous war on pot,” two political scientists say. People convicted of possessing even one ounce of marijuana can face a ...
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