Fighting for Marijuana Legalization
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This week on the Daily Beat: It’s a conversation of marijuana law, first with Marijuana Policy Project’s (MPP) Morgan Fox about policy reform and the failures of marijuana prohibition. Later in the week, Citizens Against the Legalization of Marijuana (CALM) co-founder Scott Chipman joins the show to talk about his organization and the inherent dangers of marijuana legalization.
Today on the Daily Beat, Monday October 3, 2016: Morgan Fox of the MPP joins the show to talk about the importance of medical access to marijuana, its overall legal status in the United States, and provides an update on fully legalized states Colorado and Washington.
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