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On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
We have been engaged in an experiment of over 40 years of prohibition of marijuana, which has failed spectacularly.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Blumenauer criticizes the failure of marijuana prohibition over the last four decades.

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