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Topical Currents

Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?

10/15/13 - Tuesday's Topical Currents examines the 75-year prohibition of cannabis in the United States.  20 states have now approved medical marijuana consumption . . . two states have legislated limited recreational use.  52% of Americans, according to a Pew Research poll, support the decriminalization of cannabis.  We’ll speak with Steve Fox, a key figure in Colorado’s Amendment 64 campaign, and author of Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driaving People to Drink?That’s Topical Currents Tuesday at 1pm on WLRN.

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