freelance writer on pop culture
Freelance writer about pop culture and author of Only Love Can Break Your Heart, a collection of his reporting
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David Samuels
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FROM David Samuels
To the Point
California's Marijuana Industry The Drug Enforcement Administration says marijuana is as dangerous to users as heroin and PCP. It's strictly illegal under federal law. Democratic Congressman Barney Frank wants to decriminalize the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana, although he concedes that will never pass.
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