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Tokin’ Politics

By Liriel Higa and CQ Guest Columnist
Posted July 29, 2009 at 12:00am

Venice
new dispensaries.
doctor’s recommendation.
Greig Smith
Marijuana Policy Project.
followed since
72 percent of those polled
Zogby poll
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
“Barr Amendment”
Bob Barr
New Mexico
Rhode Island
raise funds
Field Poll
to do just that that
open that debate.
Liriel Higa is a former Congressional Quarterly reporter who now lives and writes on the West Coast.

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