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Look to the commissions.

Marijuana legalization benefits from growing public criticism of the war on drugs.

Marijuana legalization at the state level can’t override federal law.

Marijuana legalization may exacerbate some of the risks linked to pot, but those risks are relatively mild.

Marijuana legalization could lead to more use — and addiction.

Marijuana legalization has already become the law of the land in other countries, including Uruguay and Canada.

Marijuana legalization is very popular in America.

Marijuana legalization could lead to fewer racially biased arrests and drug-related violence, supporters argue.

Marijuana legalization will lead to a powerful cannabis industry that will encourage misuse and addiction, critics say.

US police use lethal force far more often than police in other developed nations.

Black people are more likely to be shot and killed by police than their white peers.

Investigations into the police have repeatedly found evidence of abuses and racism nationwide.

Police shootings are still vastly undercounted by federal reports.