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veggie

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Federal judge endorses legal marijuana
#13464075 - 11/10/10 03:12 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Federal judge endorses legal marijuana November 10, 2010 - wwlp.com
AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) - The debate to legalize marijuana has a new supporter, a U.S. Federal Judge who just announced that he's in favor of making pot legal.
Judge Juan Torruella told a law school audience Tuesday in Puerto Rico that he believes legalizing marijuana could reduce drug abuse and crime. He said the drug war has been "lost" at a high cost to society.
The 77-year old Puerto Rican native is on the Boston based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
22News asked students at UMass Amherst if they agree.
"I feel like the U.S. could make money off taxing it but on the other hand some people may take it too far," said Irina Jalon.
Drew Schwendenmann said, "I'd say legalization wouldn't be the worst thing. They spend so much money trying to fight against it when we're obviously not winning. We just dump more and more money into it."
Voters in Granby also got to weigh in on this debate. On Election Day, they were asked a non binding question that asked "Do you think marijuana should be bought and sold like alcohol?" Voters answered with a resounding yes vote.
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Green_T


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Re: Federal judge endorses legal marijuana [Re: veggie]
#13464265 - 11/10/10 03:59 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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You would never have heard a federal judge say anything like this 10 or 20 years ago! Progress is coming soon!
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bigmike7104
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Re: Federal judge endorses legal marijuana [Re: Green_T]
#13464286 - 11/10/10 04:04 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yea especially someone who holds a high position and currently holds it unlike most of them that come out after they have retired.
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SuperD
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Re: Federal judge endorses legal marijuana [Re: bigmike7104]
#13464423 - 11/10/10 04:32 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Prop 19 failed to pass but guess who publicly came out in support of it? Police associations! That is "a big fucking deal" as Joe Biden would say.
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lazyfingers
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Re: Federal judge endorses legal marijuana [Re: SuperD]
#13464890 - 11/10/10 05:56 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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"but on the other hand some people may take it too far"
like what, drinking alcohol until they die...
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HerbBaker



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Re: Federal judge endorses legal marijuana [Re: lazyfingers]
#13467314 - 11/11/10 05:43 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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This is good!
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