people in congress, in an un-whipped way, we would suggest, make up a cannabis caucus. in the senate, 10, 15 senators who support legalization. what does that need with the justice department? right now, justice department, it s simply been an executive decision, we re not going we re not going to enforce, we re not going to do this, but a new administration, how do you codify that? it s frustrating, done by memo, not even executive memo. yes, the change of president this time around, if there was a president pence, shall we say, no, there would be a huge change. one expects if a democrat, who s centrist, left of center, they re probably going to take this and run with this. all right. allen st. pierre, executive director for normal, welcome normal, now add another a, because everybody is treating you as a normal political group. no more shunned on the sidelines. up next, cracking the compromise on the voting right the act, restoring some parts struck down by the supreme
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country. allen st. pierre is the director for the national organization of the reform of marijuana laws. david evans is a special adviser to the drug-free american foundation. david, let me start with you. do these numbers surprise you? with any kind of survey, it depends on how the question is asked and the kind of information conveyed in the question. the argument that we would be able to raise a lot of tax money if we legalize marijuana is really a false argument. it doesn t really stand up to analysis. if we legalize marijuana, marijuana use is going to either double or triple. that means that all the societal costs connected with marijuana use are going to double or triple. it is going to far out strip any money we could get from any tax
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