“As the nation waits for a response from the White House, the NLG joins other organizations and individuals in calling for the end to marijuana prohibition. ‘Marijuana legalization will create new jobs, generate millions of dollars in tax revenue, and allow law enforcement to focus on serious crimes,’ said Brian Vicente, NLG member and one of the primary authors of Colorado’s legalization amendment. ‘It would be a travesty if the Obama administration used its power to impose marijuana prohibition upon a state whose people have declared, through the democratic process, that they want it to end.'”
http://www.nlg.org/high-crimes-strategies-further-marijuana-legalization-initiatives
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