Legalize Pot, It’s The Better Way

There’s a better way to fund transit: Drug peddling. No, I don’t mean selling copies of the ( alleged ) Rob Ford video. Nor do I suggest using magic mushrooms or LSD to transport Torontonians without them leaving their La-Z-Boy. And I would refrain from selling whatever the Metrolinx brass are smoking? No way.  Bad […]

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How To Legalize Pot

THE first time I talked to Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at U.C.L.A., was in 2002, and he explained why legalization of marijuana was a bad idea.  Sure, he said, the government should remove penalties for possession, use and cultivation of small amounts. He did not favor making outlaws of people for enjoying a […]

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Proposals Would Legalize Marijuana in Ohio

As poll numbers show Ohioans are growing increasingly comfortable with the idea of marijuana use, a Youngstown Democrat wants to give people the chance to make the drug fully legal in Ohio. Rep. Robert F. Hagan has made a few attempts over the years to persuade his colleagues to allow for the use of medical […]

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