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Seattle Times, 04 Nov 2012 – MARIJUANA use is a serious, expensive and persistent challenge in our society. And it’s time for a new approach. That’s why I’m co-sponsoring Initiative 502 on the Nov. 6 ballot, which will legalize, tax and regulate marijuana, allowing adults 21 and over to buy up to one ounce from state-licensed stores. Initiative 502 is not pro-pot. Rather, it’s anti-prohibition. We believe that, like the laws that criminalized alcohol back in the 1930s, our current laws against marijuana use are causing more harm to our society than the drug itself.

Seattle Times, 04 Nov 2012 – LEGALIZING MARIJUANA Federal Law Vs. State Law I have yet to hear in all the endorsements for Initiative 502, the basic problem of federal law vs. state law. Medical marijuana has been legal in our state for a while now and it’s a big mess because of the discrepancies in law.

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The Daily Evergreen, 02 Nov 2012 – When a drug task force arrested an outspoken pro-marijuana student at WSU in 2011, it sent waves of fear through pot activists on campus. Tyler Markwart, who had a prescription for the drug, said he was delivering marijuana to medical patients on campus and on the Palouse.

Seattle Times, 30 Oct 2012 – In B.C. Passing Initiative 502 and legalizing marijuana could be one of the best ways to reduce gang violence in British Columbia, according to guest columnists Evan Wood and David Bratzer. ARE you aware that passing Initiative 502 is one of the best ways to reduce international gang violence?

The Columbian, 01 Nov 2012 – Legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in the state of Washington (Initiative 502) will boost crime, create an additional tax burden and place those who travel and reside here in perennial personal peril. The users and/or victims could be our children or grandchildren, neighbors, co-workers and friends. The supporters’ public safety education argument is disputable when one considers the annual death toll in alcohol-related accidents on our roads and highways. Are we really that naive to think by legalizing marijuana, there would be no consequence? The growers, producers and sellers – those on the supply side – are salivating for the lucrative and morally criminal profits. Will these be made at our loved ones’ expense?

Spokesman-Review, 30 Oct 2012 – Knezovich: Negative effects of pot underestimated by initiative backers Many law enforcement and drug treatment professionals in Washington may oppose a ballot measure legalizing marijuana for adults. But that would be hard to guess from the campaign over Initiative 502.

Seattle Times, 31 Oct 2012 – Opponents of Initiative 502 are making the argument that they don’t want more people to smoke marijuana. Especially, not more teenagers. The argument is simple and wrong. People already smoke marijuana. Teenagers smoke it. The law prohibits it and they do it.