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Lessons for Ireland in changing US attitudes to marijuana?

Some states in the US have relaxed their marijuana laws, despite the federal government still refusing to co-operate or provide any support, reports John Riordan.

THE ‘Mile-High City’ of Denver, Colorado, is appropriately nicknamed. The first Tuesday in November, when Barack Obama was re-elected, the good news kept on coming for the liberal half of America — as Ohio was swingingtowards the Democrats, voters with other priorities were celebrating the passage of more lenient laws on marijuana use in Washington and Colorado.

 

It seemed a liberal development for what is regarded as a conservative nation.

In reality, it widened the chasm between traditional America and its more modern grandchildren.

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Source: John Riordan, Irish Examiner, 04/01/2013

 

Posted by Andy on 01/04 at 09:56 AM in
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