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Article: Medical marijuana use can benefit humanity
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- July 22, 2002
CopyrightCopyright 2002 The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Why does the government oppose medical marijuana use? The answer
is clear and various.
Toxicity with the use of marijuana has been greatly exaggerated,
its usefulness as medicine far undervalued. The almighty dollar is a
clear assumption. Seven hundred thousand annual arrests in the USA
alone translates to big money for law enforcement, treatment centers
and lawyers, etc.
Prohibition has enormous costs to the blue-collar and medical
marijuana user, yet favors mostly government employees.
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