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"A huge swath of Americans see the rest of the country building a future that doesn't have a place for them. It's no wonder they'd rather burn it all down. But the fire can be stopped by Americans who act now to protect their country and its democracy"--

In November 2012, the states of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize the sale of marijuana to any adult consumer. With so many medical-marijuana card-holders walking about, it was simply inevitable that some would re-sell their marijuana to underage users. A 2013 study of Colorado teens in drug treatment found that 74% had shared somebody else's medical marijuana. Proponents of marijuana legalization often question why the law bans marijuana but not alcohol or tobacco. One important difference is that alcohol and tobacco are drugs on the decline. Since 1980, per capita consumption of alcohol has dropped almost 20%. One-third of Americans smoked tobacco in 1980; fewer than one-fifth smoke today. It's said that nobody ever died from a marijuana overdose. Nobody ever died from a tobacco over-dose either, but that doesn't prove tobacco safe. Of all the dangers connected to marijuana, the most lethal is the risk of automobile accident. Adapted from the source document.