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Video: Road-Tripping Through the Upper Midwest to Help Legalize, Tax, and Regulate Recreational Marijuana
8 monthes ago | By Rick Steves
I just spent a week in Michigan and North Dakota, advocating for the end of the expensive, racist, and counter-productive prohibition on marijuana.
Back in 2012, we voted to legalize recreational marijuana in Washington State. I'm proud of that vote and what it has meant for social justice, civil liberties, and public safety. And so, every election cycle since then, I've gone on a barnstorming tour to help other states end our country's prohibition on marijuana. In 2014, it was Oregon. In 2016, it was Massachusetts and Maine. This past spring, I traveled to D.C. , Maryland, Delaware, New...
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