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Op Ed: The Enlightened State of Colorado
By Jeff Baumgartner
Oct 22, 2017
Enlightened Colorado has always been in the forefront of social change in America. At the beginning of 2014, Colorado became the first state to allow adult recreational use of cannabis. While it is easy to understand why miscegenation laws and laws restricting woman’s rights are unconstitutional, the discriminatory effect of cannabis prohibition is just as strong.
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