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Marijuana DUI bill clears big Colorado hurdle
By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press Posted: 05/01/2012 10:37:44 AM MDT|Updated: about a year ago DENVER—A marijuana blood standard for drivers appears headed for approval in Colorado—thanks to a single vote change from a Republican senator. Sen. Spence's decision gave the bill the support it needed to advance on a vote of 18-17 after an emotional debate. Driving while impaired by marijuana or any drug is already illegal, but supporters of the THC blood limit say law enforcement needs an analogous standard to the blood-alcohol standard to keep stoned drivers off the road. Spence, who voted last year with critics who said there needed to be more study of the driving-high problem, said after the vote that she's become convinced that the time has come for a bright-line standard to determine legal impairment. "I'm just sick of the abuse that the state of Colorado has taken from the medical marijuana industry," Spence said. Spence's vote put her in agreement with sponsoring Sen. Online:
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Obama’s Marijuana Hypocrisy Is No Laughing Matter
The consequences - for others. (photo: :Dar./flickr) Details from a new book Barack Obama: The Story contains in-depth details about his frequent marijuana use as a young man. Although Obama admitted to using marijuana in his memoir Dreams From My Father, we now learn for example that Obama was a frequently indulging aficionado who was a big fan of hot boxing in cars. In 2010 roughly 850,000 Americans were arrested for marijuana related offenses of which the vast majority was for possession. While Obama was lucky enough not to get a criminal record for his mostly harmless marijuana use, hundreds of thousands of other Americans this year were not as fortunate, especially young African American and Latino males who are disproportionally arrested at much higher rates for marijuana. If Obama were a young man today and got arrested for his marijuana use under our currently policy, the negative consequences from such an arrest could easily have stopped him from ever becoming President.
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Marijuana Legalization Conflicts
Essay on Marijuana Legalization Conflicts In investigating the matter of California's proposition 215 and Arizona's proposition 200, I found out of many important issues that need to be discussed before making the decision of legalizing marijuana completely. In the run-up to November's elections, opponents of California's proposition 215 and Arizona's proposition, both of which allow doctors to recommend or prescribe currently illegal drugs drove home one basic point; These ballot initiatives were, in the words of Clinton and Barry McCaffery, "a stalking horse for legalization." (McCaffery 39). Proposition 200 promises a broader impact than California's initiative. California's proposition 215 is without a doubt a not well thought out idea. The National Institute of health conducted an extensive study on the medical use of marijuana is not a safe or more effective treatment than marinol or other FDA approved drugs for people with AIDS, Cancer, or glaucoma.
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Pot and the President
“When a joint was making the rounds, he often elbowed his way in, out of turn, shouted ‘Intercepted!’ and took an extra hit.” – “Barack Obama: The Story,” by David Marinass via Buzzfeed MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION is long overdue, with medical marijuana a societal benefit that should be respected and embraced instead of treated as a crime. We are not our parent’s generation and that’s a good thing. This story was teased in Mike Allen’s Playbook, for those of you who don’t start your mornings there. The picture above is from Buzzfeed, titled “Choom Gang.” A self-selected group of boys at Punahou School who loved basketball and good times called themselves the Choom Gang. As the video above reveals, Obama admits he wouldn’t want to use “a whole lot of political capital” on the issue of medical marijuana. It’s change that’s very hard to believe in. ROLLING STONE: Let me ask you about the War on Drugs.
