大麻合法化，民众意见多(1/2)
美国科罗拉多州和华盛顿州率先批准大麻合法化，政府民众对此意见不一。Hints:
Colorado
Washington
Morgan Fox
Marijuana Policy Project
FBI
Jasmine Tyler
Drug Policy Alliance
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11921/item/696601/http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201211/201211210728381557937.mp3A historic moment for supporters of marijuana legalization in the U.S.: the states of Colorado and Washington have legalized the possession and sale of marijuana for adult recreational use. The laws will put both states on a collision course with federal drug laws.
Morgan Fox is communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project. "The citizens of Colorado and Washington have decided to take matters into their own hands. And they've seen that prohibition doesn't work."
Critics of current bans on marijuana argue the laws don't stop anyone from using the drug, and come at great cost to communities through court expenses and incarceration. According to the FBI, 750,000 people are arrested for possession each year, at a cost of more than $40 billion.
Jasmine Tyler, director of national affairs with the Drug Policy Alliance, compares the marijuana ban to laws that prohibited alcohol use in the U.S. in the 1920s.
"I mean it's the same as what we saw with the, you know, toppling of alcohol prohibition as well. You know, the people knew that the prohibition itself caused more harm and was just ineffective."对于美国大麻合法化的支持人士来说，一个历史性的时刻就要到来。科罗拉多州和华盛顿州的相关法律已将娱乐性吸食大麻及销售大麻的行为合法化。这样的法律使这两个州站在了与联邦药物法对立的位置上。
摩根·福克斯是大麻政策项目的传讯总监。他说：“科罗拉多州和华盛顿州的公民已经决定靠自己来解决问题。而且他们已经认识到，单靠禁止是行不通的。”
一些批判当今禁止法令的人士发表观点说，法律并不能阻止人们使用毒品，而且一些团体的人员由于触犯了这些法律而付出了沉重的代价。他们有的必须要支付昂贵的诉讼费用，有的甚至被关进了监狱。根据美国联邦调查局的一项调查，每年有75万人由于非法持有毒品而被捕，并因此造成了超过400亿美元的经济损失。
茉莉·泰勒是毒品政策联盟的国家事务部主任。她将大麻禁令比作美国20世纪20年代的禁酒令。
她说：“我们见证了禁酒令的废除。与此相同，大麻禁令也终将废止。人们知道单纯的禁止弊大于利，而且是没有任何效果的。”
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