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This is Fox News on drugs ... lots of questions

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post should remind folks of my generation of the all-time classic PSA from the 1980s urging kids to stay off drugs.  And it is inspired by this new series at Fox News, which is headlined "Going to Pot" and which has a variety of linked materials and segments.  The springboard for some of the coverage seems to be the California initiative on this November's ballot to decriminalize marijuana in our nation's largest state.  However, many pieces in this Fox News special series are focused particularly on medical marijuana.  In any event, here are some of the notable segments in this Fox News series as of this writing: Medical Marijuana Coming to State Near You? Effort to Stop Legalizing Medical Marijuana Medical cannabis can cost parents in custody disputes; does it endanger kids? Going to Pot: The Science Behind Marijuana Will Recreational Pot Use Become Legal? It is not entirely clear from these segments if the folks at Fox News are somewhat sympathetic or mostly cynical about medical and recreational marijuana...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 24, 2010 (boomark / email).