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Drug Policy

Midnight Writer

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3. It's been 12 years since Colorado and Washington legalized recreational marijuana.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2024, 10:50 AM

May 2024

Many other States have followed suit since then.

Did the dystopian predictions of a drug-addled society come true in those States?

Marijuana is a drug and should be treated cautiously, but it is not something we should be jailing people for.

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