College and high school students are the ones most affected by marijuana's illegal status, Gettman said.The article goes on to say that legalization isn't coming soon, and it saddens me to agree. We need to keep pushing for supoort of Medical Marijuana in the states that do not have laws protecting seriously ill patients. Do you think we'll see legal Marijuana in the U.S.A. in the next ten years?
"Who do you think gets busted the most? College and high school kids," he said. "The arrest rate for teens or young adults is three or four times higher than the rest of the public."
Gettman said he believes youths working to legalize marijuana is "good citizenship."
"The law hits people who are vulnerable," he said. "College kids need to realize that this affects them as taxpayers down the road."
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Students mixed about pot taxes, legalization
Submitted by Phusion on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 17:51The Daily Trojan posted an article about legalizing Marijuana, the monetary implications it would have through the taxation of, and a little opinion to go along with it.

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