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This nation's so-called war on drugs has been a miserable failure. It hasn't'
worked. The drug problem is getting worse. I think it is the number one problem facing
this country today. I think that we as people and our politicians really need to put all of
our options into perspective, and one of the things we need to talk about is
decriminilization.
Common sense or logic would dictate that when you take this issue on, when you
talk about legalization or decriminalization, if you are going to talk about that, you are
going to have to talk about taking it in steps, and certainly the first step would be
marijuana. All of us can make a list out of friends that have used drugs. Are our friends
criminals for using drugs? Yes, they are today given the laws that we have. Should they
be criminals? Are they criminals? For the most part, no they are not. We are talking about
federal law, and I see this as a national issue which is an extremely tough issue with
politicians. There......

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