The Washington Post, August 31st, 1999
CHANGE SPRINGS from surprising places in America's decentralized political system. Barely a single congressman is prepared to endorse drug legalization, but a handful of determined activists have skillfully used ballot initiatives to decriminalize medical marijuana in five states. A large group in Congress bows to the tobacco lobby, but a lawsuit filed in tiny Pascagoula, Miss., started a legal bandwagon that led to last year's settlement between the tobacco companies and the states. Now some members of Congress are dragging their feet on campaign finance reform, but they may just conceivably ...
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