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Tagged: Bob Wood

6:09pm

Wed June 22, 2011
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Legalizing pot

Treat marijuana like alcohol? Initiative will test voter tolerance

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Credit Elaine Thompson / Associated Press

It isn’t against the law to sip a martini. So why should you face jail time for lighting up a joint? Supporters of the latest initiative to legalize marijuana say both activities should be treated the same.

Liquor in Washington is heavily regulated. And that’s what the group New Approach Washington wants the state to do with pot.

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