Seattle Times, 11 Sep 2012 – Election 2012 Unexpected Move Aimed at Helping Minority Kids; Prominent Groups Line Up on Both Sides of I-502 As Washington weighs its first chance to legalize recreational marijuana, prominent groups are taking sides about the initiative’s potential impact on children.
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US WA: LTE: Vote Down Attempt To Legalize Pot
The Columbian, 07 Sep 2012 – Many of those involved in drug-prevention efforts are individuals, like me, who have had the lives of loved ones destroyed by drug use. Most of these tragedies began with marijuana as the first illegal substance used. In the newspaper coverage of issues pertaining to drug use, the cost figures always reflect only law enforcement and incarceration, they never reflect the cost of treatment, of families on welfare because of money diverted to drug use, or the loss of employment due to drug use. And the cost figures do not reflect the lost productivity due to drug-using employees or the cost to our schools due to drug use.
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US WA: PUB LTE: Get Informed About Pot Initiative
The Columbian, 07 Sep 2012 – Consider voting "yes" on Initiative 502, the marijuana initiative on Washington state’s ballot. Face it, we have been chasing our tail on marijuana policy for decades. Current policy addressing marijuana’s availability and use is laughable. We’ve outlawed its production and use generally, but voted twice to make marijuana production and use legal for "medical need" (implementation of which is crazy). We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in Washington state trying to enforce marijuana law. One can fairly question to what effect? Despite the get-tough intent, marijuana remains widely available, and citizens across the social spectrum use it recreationally.
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US WA: Editorial: Get On Initiative 502 Bandwagon
Seattle Times, 07 Sep 2012 – The federal crackdown on medical-marijuana dispensaries in Seattle underscores the need to support Washington Initiative 502. Seattle’s medical marijuana stores have been living in a dream. Some have been so complacent as to oppose Initiative 502, the decriminalization measure on the Nov. 6 ballot.
