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Surgeon General: Don’t “Lock People Up for Marijuana Use”

  • by Justin Strekal, Former NORML Political Director
  • Posted on July 19, 2021January 25, 2022

On Sunday, the US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD told CNN that “When it comes to decriminalization, I don’t think that there is value to individuals or to society to lock people up for marijuana use. I don’t think that serves anybody well.”

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