Bruce Margolin

Executive Director, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws' Los Angeles Chapter

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Criminal defense attorney, specializing in marijuana cases; Executive Director of the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, he helped write Proposition 215 which legalized medical marijuana

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Marijuana is illegal under federal law, but 15 states, including California, have legalized it for medicinal use.

US Attorneys Told to Go after Pot Traffickers, Not Patients

Marijuana is illegal under federal law, but 15 states, including California, have legalized it for medicinal use.

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