The Legalization of Marijuana
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The movement to legalize marijuana is a war being waged at the ballot box of many states. The movement is sponsored by a small group attempting to dictate changes in laws surrounding the use, as well as the cultivation and distribution of marijuana. Organizations such as NORML (National Organization for Reformed Marijuana Laws); The Lindesmith Center; and, the Drug Policy Group are pushing the movement state to state. There are three key players involved in the funding of this movement: University of Phoenix founder John Sperling, New York philanthropist George Soros, and Ohio insurance executive Peter Lewis have funded efforts to revise drug laws in California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and Arizona. The initiatives won in all five states. Sperling, Soros, and Lewis plan to focus their nationwide campaign on middle America. According to a drug policy adviser to Soros, the three philanthropists contributed more than $7 million toward changing the nation’s drug policies during the 1997-1998 election cycle. They each spent $1.2 million on the California initiative alone. The bottom line is that the movement for the legalization of marijuana is based on nonfactual, misleading, and emotional information.
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