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Senate Judiciary Committee to Take Up Legalization Next Year

[inline:pat-leahy.jpg align=right caption="Pat Leahy"]Huge news this morning: Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has sent a

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Cato Policy Analysis and Forum on State Legalization and Preemption

[inline:cato-institute.jpg align=right caption="Cato Institute (cato.org)"]The libertarian Cato Institute has published a Policy Analysis, "

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Prohibitionists are Overstating Feds vs. State Marijuana Legalization Case to Media

[image:1 align:right]A mostly great piece in Rolling Stone this weekend, "Obama's Pot Proble

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What Happens Next?

We noted this morning that marijuana is now legal in Washington State. (!) But what happens next?

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Colorado Dems to Seek Federal Exemption from Marijuana Prohibition

[image:1 align:right]All three Democratic members of Colorado's Congressional delegation are planning legislation for next year that would exempt states enacting legalization systems for mariju

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Marijuana Votes Have Mexicans Talking Legalization

With US public support for marijuana legalization now at the 50% mark, and state legalization efforts now starting to come to fruition, people are naturally talking about it.

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Colorado Is Ahead So Far...

As of 8:12pm mountain time, the Colorado secretary of state site shows

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The Latest Polling on the Marijuana Legalization Initiatives

Today is the big day! Marijuana legalization is on the ballot in Washington, Oregon and Colorado. Medical marijuana is getting votes in Massachusetts, Arkansas and Montana.

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Is Marijuana Prohibition About to Get its Ass Kicked?

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Ballot measures to legalize marijuana in Colorado and Washington are polling strong on the eve of the election, and for many, this is a moment as momentous or more so than the presidential race itself. I've been too focused on other projects to comment regularly this time around -- and it hasn't been easy -- but tonight I can think of nothing else. And if you're reading this, I imagine you're thinking what I'm thinking.

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