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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Hemp is harvested for its fiber or seed while marijuana is harvested for its growing tips.
Most plants were growing wild, but 48,700 others were cultivated outdoors or indoors by marijuana traffickers.
Rosenthal was arrested last February for growing marijuana plants in a warehouse in an industrial area near the Port of Oakland, he was engaged in what was more of a hobby than a business, he said.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Marijuana remains in Schedule I despite growing evidence of medical efficacy and scientific findings that disprove the need for that degree of restriction.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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The growing public acceptance of these proposals have led some states to reduce criminal penalties for marijuana possession to the equivalent of a traffic ticket and to legitimize the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
Growing marijuana indoors requires powerful lights and ventilation, consuming about $2,000 in electricity a month, but hydro thieves simply bypass the meters to avoid the overhead and make tracing the operations harder.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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There is a growing national debate over the use of marijuana for medical reasons.
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