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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 12:00 AM

Everybody must get stoned

A new plan to legalize marijuana in California would create a $1 billion tokin' tax and thousands of green jobs. Now that's a stimulus plan!
By Katharine Mieszkowski

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  • Tuesday, March 3, 2009 02:45 PM

    @-- ginsushark

    Maybe we should start with the social and health effects of tobacco and alcohol? How about the social effects of having the highest prison population in the world and the highest percentage of our population in prison?

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