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welcome back to the big picture on thom hartmann coming up in this half hour could the business of selling medical marijuana become the next entrepreneurial boom house democrats are actually working to make that happen plus greenpeace's released a new record citing the latest radiation levels in the japan coast is the ravaged country out of the danger zone and free public education for our nation's children is a right is that in today's daily take i'll tell you why some republicans believe it should become a privilege. was democrats are crusading for medical marijuana writes congressman pete stark jared polis and barney frank no shrinking violet introduced a series a bill of bills to protect medical marijuana entrepreneurs the legislation classifies medical marijuana dispensaries as legitimate small businesses those able to take advantage of federal tax deductions just like any other small business it also gives immunity from federal prosecution to any person or business in the medical marijuana industry as long as they're operating in compliance with state and local laws in addition to th

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welcome back to the big picture on thom hartmann coming up in this half hour the obama administration does a major shift from supporting medical marijuana to cracking down on state governors who allow marijuana pharmacies and clinics that's behind the sudden flip flop plus if you ever wondered about the life of a polygamist i'll speak with an author who devoted part of his life and wrote an entire book about the once. and there's an infectious plague crippling the nation's middle class we have time to find a cure. that . is the obama administration having a change of heart about pot back in two thousand and nine attorney general eric holder reversed a policy of george w. bush and promised he would not use the f.b.i. to bust up medical marijuana dispensaries in states that had legalized medicinal marijuana but earlier this month the department of justice started singing a different tune sending a letter to the governor of washington threatening to prosecute any state employee or business involved in the unlawful marketing and sale of marijuana prompted the governor christine gregoire t

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