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California's Prop 19: The First Step Toward A National Marijuana Industry?

Daily Finance | Bruce Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will California's Proposition 19 get passed or go up in smoke? If approved, the controversial ballot measure would legalize most marijuana-related act...

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Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

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Ryan Grim

Dems Using Drug War Playbook For Bank Regulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats in Congress are taking a page from the drug war playbook to see if they could apply it to new financial regulation. The drug war model was...

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