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   From: luckyskunk@yahoo.com   
      
   On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:24:05 -0800 (PST), M_P    
   wrote:   
      
   >That confirms the suspicion of Keith Stroup, founder of the National   
   >Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Stroup said NORML’s   
   >studies show that 80 percent of Americans favor medical marijuana.   
   >   
   >“Even in Midwestern states like Kansas, where the politics can be   
   >conservative, people support this,” he said. “We’ve largely won the   
   >hearts and minds of the American public, but we haven’t yet figured   
   >out fully how to translate that into public policy.”   
   >   
   The pharmaceutical, distillery, and brewery lobby could be the reason.   
   All three industries will take a big hit with cannabis legalization.   
   Until the coporate heads can devise a way to control the production of   
   marijuana, they will pour millions into politicians' campaigns to stay   
   with the traditional value of denial.   
   All it takes is one plant to be legally grown inside a house and they   
   will lose millions in revenue.   
   Where would a market exist when there's no profits to be had?   
      
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