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		<title>Regulation would take it out of criminals&#8217; control</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; I introduced AB390 not only to address California&#8217;s growing economic crisis but, more importantly, to begin a rational public policy discussion about how best to regulate the state&#8217;s largest cash crop, estimated to be worth roughly $14 billion annually. Placing marijuana under the same regulatory system that now applies to alcohol represents the natural [...]]]></description>
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<em>I introduced AB390 not only to address California&#8217;s growing economic crisis but, more importantly, to begin a rational public policy discussion about how best to regulate the state&#8217;s largest cash crop, estimated to be worth roughly $14 billion annually. Placing marijuana under the same regulatory system that now applies to alcohol represents the natural evolution of California&#8217;s laws and is in line with recent polls indicating strong support for decriminalizing marijuana.</em><br />
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Full article at the <a title="SF gate marijuana" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/02/ED05167QS0.DTL">SF Gate</a>. This piece was written by Tom Ammiano, the man who introduced bill AB390.</p>
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