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Five errors The Washington Post should’ve caught about marijuana

June 10, 2013

SAM Co-founder Kevin Sabet, a former senior White House drug policy advisor, responds to The Washington Post’s publication of Doug Fine’s column, headlined: “Five Myths About Legalized Marijuana:” In recent years, The Washington Post has managed to strike a balance between pro- and anti-legalization opinion pieces (e.g. Rauch’s “Let’s Go Down the Aisle Toward Legalized […]

Kennedy on marijuana: ‘Destroys the brain and expedites psychosis’

January 8, 2013

Project SAM Chairman Patrick Kennedy recently spoke with The Washington Post. As the news organization noted Jan. 8:

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Five errors The Washington Post should’ve caught about marijuana

Kennedy on marijuana: ‘Destroys the brain and expedites psychosis’

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