On the recordSeptember 8, 2015
I wish that places like Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands had an initiative with its own government like that.
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Plaskett expresses a desire for initiatives similar to the Merida Initiative for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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