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Medical marijuana is shown in a jar at The Joint Cooperative in Seattle, Washington (REUTERS/Cliff DesPeaux).

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Washington Versus Washington (and Colorado): Why the States Should Lead on Marijuana Policy

March 28, 2013, Jonathan Rauch

Jonathan Rauch illustrates the power conflicts raised by Colorado's and Washington’s legalization of marijuana last November. Rauch notes the striking political parallels between the controversial social issues of same-sex marriage and marijuana legalization and argues that in both cases, compromise is difficult for those who believe fundamental values are at stake.

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  • In the News

    We are not asking, gay marriage advocates, for the right to marry everybody or anybody, just to marry somebody. We're asking to have that opportunity.

    May 31, 2012, Jonathan Rauch, National Public Radio

  • In the News

    We've had these successive movements of social change, from African-Americans, then feminism and now gay rights, and each one seems to happen faster than the last and you wonder what's going on there...We're seeing a shift in public morality.

    May 11, 2012, Jonathan Rauch, New York Times

  • Interview | Talk of the Nation, NPR

    Arriving at a Compromise on Gay Marriage

    March 2, 2009, David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch

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