Supporters, foes of pot legalization post rival ads in NY Times

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Supporters, foes of pot legalization post rival ads in NY Times

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/supporters-foes-pot-legalization-post-rival-ads-ny-002615841.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DsGrZfAWjkKe3xqyw8RW9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-08-03T002615Z_1_LYNXMPEA72002_RTROPTP_2_USA-MARIJUANA-ADVERTISING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout of a poster from the Leafly advertisement that will run as a full-page advertisement in the August 3, 2014 edition of the New York Times" align="left" title="Handout of a poster from the Leafly advertisement that will run as a full-page advertisement in the August 3, 2014 edition of the New York Times" border="0" /></a>By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Supporters and opponents of the federal ban on marijuana took to the pages of The New York Times this weekend with full-page color advertisements that highlight the fast-evolving debate in the United States about medical and recreational drug use. The advertisements followed The New York Times' decision last month in a series of editorials to call for repealing the ban, the biggest U.S. newspaper to do so. Opinion polls show a majority of Americans now back the legalization of pot. In an ad in Sunday's edition of the paper, Seattle-based Privateer Holdings features its medical marijuana website Leafly.com, which helps users to find pot dispensaries and to choose strains.</p><br clear="all"/>

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