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Marijuana legalization supporters attempt to silence opposition through intimidation and stigma

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 02/13/2016 - 11:52

The other Bangor Daily News blog that writes about marijuana, Cannabis Today, published an article bemoaning “simplistic rhetoric.” In her article, Wellness Connection’s Becky DeKeuster takes issue with Representative Deborah Sanderson’s reference to the potential Wal-Martization of the marijuana industry in Maine. Wellness Connection, which runs half of Maine’s dispensaries, takes issue with that label. More power to them, because I do agree that taking a complex issue, or a complex side of an issue, and boiling it down into simple rhetoric and pejoratives is quite unhelpful. I do think, however, it is time for some in the legalization movement to practice what DeKeuster is preaching, and stop boiling down the broad opposition to marijuana legalization into simplistic rhetoric.

I have been heading up Smart Approaches to Marijuana Maine for over two years now, representing the public health and prevention side of the marijuana legalization debate. Part of our mission is...

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