The UN General Assembly heard a trio of Latin American leaders call for increased debate on alternatives to the war on drugs Wednesday, including hint of legalization talk. Chronicle story here.
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THUD,,hard hat area
THUD,,hard hat area ahead,,,when the debate reaches hemp prohibition it will be the first time any prohibitionist will have to prove that marijuana has enough physical danger to justify it's being prohibited,,all the ONDCP/UNDCP has ever done is spew their propaganda with no challenge or debate,garb their hearts and moan in a loud voice "What about the children?" and the UN delegates and our own legislature lapped it up like lap dogs.
When reform speakers show that the only harm to society that marijuana has caused is because of prohibition and not from the plant,,then proving marijuana causes harm to our society will be impossible,,because the harms marijuana is doing to our society ends the day it becomes legal to possess it.
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