Will Somebody Please Think of the Children: Why The Prohibition On Marijuana Must End, Now

(This Fall, I have been doing a bi-weekly column at the Reporta.  Recently its host, John Osborn, had a change of heart on Prop. 19 and offered me the chance to co-publish his opinion piece.  He speaks very passionately on something we  in the Emerald Triangle must think about carefully.) Guest post by John Osborn (The Reporta) Will Somebody Please

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Prop. 19–Marijuana Legalization this round compared with 1972

Poster from 1972 Open the time machine door, Scotty; in a strange turn of events, when cannabis legalization was on the ballot back in 1972, it was also Prop. 19.  According to Ballotpedia, The official ballot summary was, “Removes state penalties for personal use. Proposes a statute which would provide that no person eighteen years or older shall be punished

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