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Facebook Billionaire Gives Money To Legalize Marijuana

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Aldenissin writes "Dustin Moskovitz confirmed that he has recently given (an additional) $50,000 in support of Proposition 19, which is seeking to legalize marijuana in California this November. He had previously donated $20,000 to supporters of the act, which would allow people 21 years old or older to possess, cultivate or transport cannabis for personal use and would permit local governments to regulate and tax commercial production and sale of the substance. Asked for a comment as to why he's backing the legalization of marijuana, Moskovitz just sent this statement: 'More than any other initiative out there, Prop 19 will stabilize our national security and bolster our state economy. It will alleviate unnecessary overcrowding of non-violent offenders in our state jails, which in turn will help California residents.' An irony here is that about a month ago, Facebook refused to take FireDogLake's 'Just Say Now' pro-cannabis law reform ads."

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  1. Marijuana/cannabis by blind+biker · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to an extensive research article published in The Lancet (highest impact factor medical journal), cannabis is both less damaging AND less addictive than either tobacco or alcohol.

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    1. Re:Marijuana/cannabis by blind+biker · · Score: 5, Informative

      [citation needed]

      Here you go kind (anonymous) sir:
      Nutt, King, Saulsbury, & Blakemore: Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse. Lancet, 2007 369, 1047-1053

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  2. Re:This is good by germansausage · · Score: 5, Informative

    Much as we all like to look down on Americans, you are way off the mark here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_cigarette_consumption_per_capita. Other countries drink twice as much and smoke 3 times as much as the USA. If you want to know what de-criminalizing does to pot use look at the Netherlands. About 45% of Americans (where it is illegal) have smoked weed and in the Netherlands (where it is not illegal) only 18% have smoked it.

  3. Kids can't buy pot on the streets...? by Joce640k · · Score: 4, Informative

    Boy, are you out of touch.... your chidren can buy pot any time they choose. Today.

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  4. Re:I think people really need to understand this by Forty+Two+Tenfold · · Score: 5, Informative

    it can cause lung cancer, like any inhaled smoke

    No, it does not.

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