
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Let's rather hold a referendum on the decriminalization of all drugs. <div><br></div><div>Note what has occurred in Portugal - a model, I think:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/evaluating-drug-decriminalization-in-portugal-12-years-later-a-891060-2.html">http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/evaluating-drug-decriminalization-in-portugal-12-years-later-a-891060-2.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/drug-decriminalization-portugal-lessons-creating-fair-successful-drug-policies">http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/drug-decriminalization-portugal-lessons-creating-fair-successful-drug-policies</a></div><div><br></div><div>Decriminalization, not legalization is what's wanted. I would support the prevention of the marketing of tobacco and the treatment of all addictions as a medical, not legal problem.</div><div><div><br></div><div>--CGE</div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 21, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Robert Naiman <<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>let's put referenda on the November ballots saying that marijuana should be regulated like tobacco and alcohol. <div><br></div><div><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-speaks-marijuana-why-now-174217311.html">http://news.yahoo.com/obama-speaks-marijuana-why-now-174217311.html</a><br clear="all">

<div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br>

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