In a 1986 article in the pharmacological review, Leo Hollister of the Stanford University School of Medicine said that: "Compared with other licit social drugs, such as alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine, marijuana does not pose greater risks." ... Because of the highly positive results received from cannabis research, the government should come up with a legalization plan that benefits all, and the rest will fall into place practically on its own. ... Poor preservation of the marijuana caused it to deteriorate, and reduce in potency before the government actually conducted studies on it. Howe...

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By the late 1990s, there can be no doubt that DARE stood alongside Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) as one of the premier problem-oriented social movements of its time. ... The only problem, according to numerous of studies on the program is that DARE does not work. ... Gary Peterson of Colorado, the founder of the fledgling national group Parents Against DARE, says, "Our schools are giving away more and more time to social-engineering programs that have not been sufficiently researched." ... During these weekly classes, DARE officers taught the following: Personal safety practices; D...

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