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Drug Policy

Politicalboi

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1. The ONLY reason Marijuana would lead to something else is

Reply to RainDog (Original post)

Sat Jan 18, 2014, 05:15 PM

Jan 2014

Because it's illegal. Duh! You don't walk into a liquor store and the guy behind the counter whips out some cocaine so you can try. Same with the pot shops. Illegal drug dealers who sell MJ may also have some cocaine to unload.

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