Marijuana Law and Winning the Drug War with Allison Margolin

Episode 86 : Crime Time

Episode Synopsis

Marijuana legalization, decriminalization, medical and recreational use is being explored across the country, and we look closer at the current legal landscape for weed with attorney Allison Margolin. Having specialized in marijuana cases, Margolin discusses the tide of legalization, why weed is still criminalized at all, the law enforcement industry, influence of big pharma and right of citizens to expand their consciousness in this uncensored interview with Allison Hope Weiner for Crime Time.

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Guest Bio

Allison Margolin is a criminal defense lawyer and an outspoken advocate in the growing effort to decriminalize marijuana. A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, Margolin was profiled in both the Los Angeles Daily Journal and Hustler Magazine in 2013. She is currently a partner at Margolin & Lawrence in Beverly Hills, CA.

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Episode Breakdown

00:01 Welcome to Crime Time.

02:20 Law enforcement as the greatest resistance to the national decriminalization of marijuana.

04:30 The difference between state and federal marijuana laws.

11:20 Should marijuana dispensaries be seen as magnets for crime?

15:00 The constitutional freedom you have to alter your consciousness.

20:00 The difference between marijuana and various prescription drugs.

25:00 The problem with forcing drug users into rehab.

33:00 Thanks and goodbye.

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