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Justice Department Changes Policy on Medical Marijuana
Posted By Sheldon Richman
“People who use marijuana for medical purposes and those who distribute it to them should not face federal prosecution, provided they act according to state law, the Justice Department said Monday in a directive with far-reaching political and legal implications.” (New York Times [1], Tuesday)
Medical marijuana strengthens government power, but the federal crackdown was outrageous nonetheless.
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“Benjamin Rush and ‘Medical Marijuana’” (pdf) [2] by Thomas Szasz
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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/us/20cannabis.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
[2] “Benjamin Rush and ‘Medical Marijuana’” (pdf): http://fee.org/pdf/the-freeman/szasz0305.pd
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