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[Kuros]

[Leon]

Well, also don't forget the millions he has already made off of his books, although both Clinton's have done well there as well.

[Kuros]

[World Traveler]

Italy’s constitutional court has overturned a controversial law equating cannabis with cocaine and heroin. The decision could see around 10,000 people released from the country’s overburdened jails.

http://rt.com/news/italy-marijuana-law-overturned-061/

Do you think that could be related to this?

the official U.S. position has changed in recent years. In 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it wouldn't target medical marijuana patients. In August, the agency said it wouldn't interfere with the laws in Colorado and Washington, which regulate the growth and sale of taxed pot for recreational use.

Government officials and activists worldwide have taken note of the more open stance. Also not lost on them was the Obama administration's public silence before votes in both states and in Uruguay.

I wonder if there is a connection (between the actions of the United States and other countries). There very well could be.

MEXICO CITY – Lawmakers in Mexico introduced bills Thursday that would create marijuana dispensaries in the capital and increase the amount of the drug people across the country could carry for “personal use.”

http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-mexico-city-marijuana-laws-20140213,0,6759413.story#axzz2tR4jS0Iy

It would also direct the government to designate spaces in the city where marijuana could be sold without fear of prosecution under certain criteria, including offering consumers warnings about potential health risks.

The federal bill would allow for the use of medical marijuana, give states and the Mexico City government more say in setting drug policy, and increase the amount of marijuana allowed for personal use from 5 grams to 30. The bill would also raise personal limits for LSD, methamphetamine and cocaine.

[World Traveler]

Alaska is next.

Passage of the marijuana initiative would permit adults 21 and older to possess up to one ounce (28 grams) of marijuana for private personal use and to grow as many as six cannabis plants for their own consumption.

http://news.yahoo.com/recreational-marijuana-proposal-certified-alaska-ballot-062559758--sector.html

The push to legalize recreational pot use in Alaska, which is among 20 states that already allow medical marijuana, is part of a broader state-by-state effort to end prohibition of the drug, which remains classified as an illegal narcotic under federal law.

Activists in Oregon also are gathering signatures to put a legalization measure on the 2014 ballot in that state.

[Ginormousaurus]

[Numpty]

What was Obama speaking out about? And why was he on drugs at the time?

[World Traveler]

Legalizing medical marijuana did not cause an increase in any category of crime in states that have done so, according to a new study. In fact, medical marijuana laws have been associated with decreases in some violent crime, particularly homicides and assaults.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/03/27/3419954/study-medical-marijuana-laws-associated-with-minor-reductions-in-assaults-homicides/

this is one of several studies to find that medical marijuana laws yield no increases in crime. A 2012 study found that medical marijuana dispensaries don’t lead to increases in crime in the neighborhoods where they are located. And a 2013 University of Chicago study found that medical marijuana laws were associated with a decrease in fatalities, contrary to the concerns of some about driving under the influence.

[World Traveler]

http://www.wnct.com/story/25159690/majority-of-doctors-support-legalizing-medical-marijuana

[guavashake]

[World Traveler]

In that case (if there really was a secret conspiracy by the "elites"), they'd be against marijuana. It can't be easily patented like pills, and is therefore probably less profitable. Did it ever occur to you doctors want to help people? (Also, they are more educated and more knowledgable than the general public.)

[guavashake]

You are funny. God bless you for making me laugh at the end of a long day.
Have you heard of tobacco?

mj will be a bigger bonanza, they will hit the jackpot.
More costly than tobacco, plus you need a prescription.
There's already consulting companies working on plans for this scenario.

[World Traveler]

[guavashake]

[World Traveler]

Get a better example then radcon because that link is about a brother in law of Bill Clinton suing the tobacco industry. (He was not defending them; in fact, the opposite.)