US appeals court judge endorses legal marijuana

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Source: Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. federal appeals court judge says the United States should consider legalizing marijuana.

Judge Juan Torruella tells a law school audience in Puerto Rico that experimenting with legalization of marijuana and perhaps other drugs is a better way to reduce drug abuse and crime.

The 77-year-old judge says it's the only "realistic" alternative since the drug war has been "lost" at a high cost to society. His comments Tuesday at the University of Puerto Rico were reported by the newspaper El Nuevo Dia.

Torruella sits on the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Puerto Rico native was nominated to be a federal judge by President Gerald Ford and elevated to the appeals court by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. The circuit includes Puerto Rico, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

Read more: http://www.sunjournal.com/state/story/940539

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That's the full story. Interesting.

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1. Let's get rid of Nixon's phoney Drug War which is costing us tens of billions every year!!

PLUS a very threatening shiny new prison industrial complex --

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2. A kick for Sanity nt