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Judges’ views on marijuana legalization look like the public’s—with one significant exception [1] 07/20/2017	A sample of the comments (all left anonymously): “I’ve never sentenced a cocaine or heroin addict that didn’t start with marijuana.” “90 percent of felons I ever sentenced started their journey to addiction with marijuana.” “As a drug court judge, almost every one of my participants, when asked, stated marijuana was their gateway drug.” “I have been assigned to drug cases for 11 years and was a police officer for 32 years. Every conversation I had with people on hard drugs, they always started with marijuana. Why do we want to do this with our citizens?” judges [2], National Judicial College [3], Drug Court [4]
Ex-Florida Supreme Court justices against amendment for medical marijuana [5] 09/09/2014	judges [2], supreme court [6], vote no [7], amendment [8]
Former justices: Why voters should reject medical marijuana amendment [9] 09/07/2014	amendment [8], vote no [7], judges [2], legalization [10]

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Judges’ views on marijuana legalization look like the public’s—with one significant exception [1]
07/20/2017

A sample of the comments (all left anonymously):

“I’ve never sentenced a cocaine or heroin addict that didn’t start with marijuana.”
“90 percent of felons I ever sentenced started their journey to addiction with marijuana.”
“As a drug court judge, almost every one of my participants, when asked, stated marijuana was their gateway drug.”
“I have been assigned to drug cases for 11 years and was a police officer for 32 years. Every conversation I had with people on hard drugs, they always started with marijuana. Why do we want to do this with our citizens?”

judges [2], National Judicial College [3], Drug Court [4]

Ex-Florida Supreme Court justices against amendment for medical marijuana [5]
09/09/2014

judges [2], supreme court [6], vote no [7], amendment [8]

Former justices: Why voters should reject medical marijuana amendment [9]
09/07/2014

amendment [8], vote no [7], judges [2], legalization [10]

Links
[1] http://rethinkpot.org/judges%E2%80%99-views-marijuana-legalization-look-public%E2%80%99s%E2%80%94-one-significant-exception
[2] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/judges
[3] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/national-judicial-college
[4] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/drug-court
[5] http://rethinkpot.org/ex-florida-supreme-court-justices-against-amendment-medical-marijuana
[6] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/supreme-court
[7] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/vote-no
[8] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/amendment
[9] http://rethinkpot.org/former-justices-why-voters-should-reject-medical-marijuana-amendment
[10] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/legalization

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