The death of a young Tallahassee resident in a botched drug sting in Tallahassee has brought into stark relief the hypocrisy and dangers in this country's current marijuana laws. Please consider these changes to the rules regarding this substance, which every year comes in far behind alcohol and tobacco (both legal) in killing people and destroying lives and families.

* Federal law would still prohibit the importation of cannabis (that's right, NAFTA doesn't cover it.) This gives the overacheivers at the Drug Enforcement Administration something to do.

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