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Judges’ views on marijuana legalization look like the public’s—with one significant exception 07/20/2017	A sample of the comments (all left anonymously): “I’ve never sentenced a cocaine or heroin addict that didn’t start with marijuana.” “90 percent of felons I ever sentenced started their journey to addiction with marijuana.” “As a drug court judge, almost every one of my participants, when asked, stated marijuana was their gateway drug.” “I have been assigned to drug cases for 11 years and was a police officer for 32 years. Every conversation I had with people on hard drugs, they always started with marijuana. Why do we want to do this with our citizens?” judges, National Judicial College, Drug Court
Ex-Florida Supreme Court justices against amendment for medical marijuana 09/09/2014	judges, supreme court, vote no, amendment
Former justices: Why voters should reject medical marijuana amendment 09/07/2014	amendment, vote no, judges, legalization

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A sample of the comments (all left anonymously):

“I’ve never sentenced a cocaine or heroin addict that didn’t start with marijuana.”
“90 percent of felons I ever sentenced started their journey to addiction with marijuana.”
“As a drug court judge, almost every one of my participants, when asked, stated marijuana was their gateway drug.”
“I have been assigned to drug cases for 11 years and was a police officer for 32 years. Every conversation I had with people on hard drugs, they always started with marijuana. Why do we want to do this with our citizens?”

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