New York Times backs sending federal marijuana ban up in smoke<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/york-times-backs-sending-federal-marijuana-ban-smoke-005506847.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/j5.vGO9JZ0_0hninstnsFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-27T005506Z_1_LYNXMPEA6Q009_RTROPTP_2_USA-MARIJUANA-WASHINGTON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A marijuana leaf is displayed at Canna Pi medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle" align="left" title="A marijuana leaf is displayed at Canna Pi medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle" border="0" /></a>The New York Times editorial board on Saturday endorsed a repeal of the federal ban on marijuana, becoming the largest paper in the nation to back the idea as it compared the U.S. government's stance on America's most widely used illicit drug to the prohibition on alcohol from 1920 to 1933. The post on the newspaper's website is part of an editorial series that in the coming days will explore different aspects of marijuana use, from health effects to how the criminal justice system treats it.</p><br clear="all"/>
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