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  • Id facile nunc intelligi potest, cum talibus suppliciis prohibitio conjugii defenditur. use of the Church is well known; seeing that impure single life bringeth forth very many offenses, adulteries, and other enormities worthy to be punished by the godly magistrate, it is a marvel that greater cruelty should be showed in no other thing than against the marriage of priests.

    The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. 1889

  • I also strongly believe that anyone arguing for marijuana prohibitio ­n had best be arguing for alcohol prohibitio­n as well.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Matt Ferner 2012

  • The bottom line with a bunch of this is that MMJ prohibitio ­n really does not make sense.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Matt Ferner 2012

  • Will you or will you not intervene in the poorly worded, ill advised laws that keep the antiquated notion of prohibitio ­n on life support?

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • It has lead to many of the same problems as alcohol prohibitio ­n while not keeping the drug out of people's hands.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Matt Ferner 2012

  • I still have yet to see convincing arguments and facts that point to the need for marijuana prohibitio ­n yet I have seen plenty of facts suggesting prohibitio ­n of MJ is the wrong plan.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Matt Ferner 2012

  • I am curious as to whether Mr. Henigan is actually able to justify imposing a prohibitio

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Dennis A. Henigan 2011

  • The refusal to overturn the prohibitio ­n on the entire portfolio of drugs perpetuate­s terrorism, crime, a militariza ­tion of our law enforcemen­t and the unraveling of many family units and a general acceptance of privately owned prisons.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Matt Ferner 2012

  • This is blood on the hands of those who insist on prohibitio ­n rather than legalizati­on, taxation and control.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • That is why ending the fraudulent marijuana prohibitio JohnThomas: You believe that is WHY the feds attacked these dispensaries?

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Matt Ferner 2012

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