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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.The following is an excerpt from the new book The Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm for Wellness by Steve DeAngelo (North Atlantic Books, 2015):
I’m sometimes asked why I chose to spend my life advocating for cannabis reform, instead of working on more urgent issues like climate change, species extinction, or nuclear weapons.
The short and simple answer is that I never expected it to take so long. I fell in love with the cannabis plant at a young age but always hated being a criminal. There were only two ways out of the dilemma: forget about cannabis, or change the law—and there was zero chance of the former. Legalization became a prerequisite for my personal happiness, so I made it my mission.
The long answer is that my entire life has been animated by a dedication to social justice in one form or another—and ending prohibition is not...
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