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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/01/27/140127fa_fact_remnick?printable=true&currentPage=all&mobify=0 He noted the slippery-slope arguments that might arise. “I also think that, when it comes to harder drugs, the harm done to the user is profound and the social costs are profound. And you do start getting into some difficult line-drawing issues. If marijuana is fully legalized and at some point folks say, Well, we can come up with a negotiated dose of cocaine that we can show is not any more harmful than vodka, are we open to that? If somebody says, We’ve got a finely calibrated dose of meth, it isn’t going to kill you or rot your teeth, are we O.K. with that?” OK- yes, if the matter were about health rather than a whorey mercantilist scheme to protect things as alcohol and Virginia Bright Leaf Tobacco.  http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-anti-researcher-180.html YES we can have "negotiated" doses of cocaine in fact not only "n...

Gov Conflict of Interest? Lies By implying that Cannabis as more dangerous than alcohol to distract from its benefits for cancer treatment. From Stop the Drug War http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2014/jan/15/new_hampshire_house_passes_marij The New Hampshire House Wednesday afternoon approved a bill that would regulate marijuana like alcohol. The measure, House Bill 492 , passed on a vote of 170-162. The bill sponsored by Rep. Steve Vaillancourt (R-Manchester) with a bipartisan group of four cosponsors, would make the private possession and home growing of limited amounts of marijuana legal for adults 21 and older. It would also direct the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration to license and regulate marijuana retail stores, cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, and testing facilities. As amended by the House, it would enact a wholesale tax of $30 per ounce and a sales tax of 15% per ounce. The House voted down a similar bill 228-89 in 2012. ...

May this mark the beginning of 2014 as the end of drug prohibition!