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But I don't support the bullsh*t phoney baloney law from MPP or the Marijuana Policy Project to legalize marijuana.

The BS "Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol", is a big LIE and doesn't regulate marijuana like alcohol. Instead it creates a monopoly on recreational marijuana for the 85 or so medical marijuana dispensaries that currently have a monopoly on growing and selling medical marijuana.

And the phoney baloney "Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol" has numerous felony charges to throw anybody in prison who cuts into the lucrative monopoly the 85 or so medical marijuana dispensaries will get on selling recreational marijuana.

Ask marijuana lawyer Tom Dean if you don't believe me. Tom Dean thinks that if the law is passed by the people, it will result in more people being arrested for victimless marijuana crimes.

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'Party on grass': Billboard pitches marijuana legalization to golf fans

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Republic | azcentral.com 4:52 p.m. MST February 1, 2016

The campaign to legalize marijuana in Arizona for recreational use is unveiling a billboard Monday to coincide with Waste Management Phoenix Open, which begins Thursday.

The billboard features a man and woman reclining on grass, the man's eyes nearly closed. The message: "If beer and golf make for the greatest party on grass ... Why can't adults enjoy a safer party on grass?" The billboard drew fire from an anti-marijuana legalization group, which chided the campaign's use of a "world class sporting tournament to promote" use of a "dangerous substance."

The golf tournament, known for its raucous atmosphere and luxury cabanas, draws thousands of people from across the country and has been referred to by the Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau as “The Greatest and Greenest Party on Grass.”

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol said the billboard, at the southwest corner of Seventh and Lincoln streets in Phoenix, will stay up until the tournament ends. The campaign plans an 11 a.m. event Monday to unveil it.

The campaign, which is gathering signatures to try to put the issue before voters in November, wants to create a legalized pot system similar to Colorado's. Arizona's effort, if approved, would allow adults to possess, grow and buy the drug, which would be taxed, under a Department of Marijuana Licenses and Control.

At the same time, opponents of legalization are talking with voters and lawmakers about the dangers of marijuana use, the impact on children and public safety. Further, they say legalization would undo decades of substance-abuse education.

Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and others are urging the public to learn about marijuana legalization's impact in Colorado, pointing to increased marijuana use by children, concerns over impaired drivers and drug-related expulsions from schools.

Seth Leibsohn, chair of Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, called the billboard a "stunt, hijacking a laudable and charitable sports tournament" to promote substance abuse.

"Using the laudable and charitable Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament as a springboard to publicize a political campaign to legalize marijuana in Arizona is the opposite of good health, good education and good public policy -- and certainly the opposite of good taste," Leibsohn wrote in a statement to The Arizona Republic.

A spokesman for the Waste Management Phoenix Open did not immediately return the newspaper's response for comment.

Follow the reporter on Twitter @yvonnewingett or reach her at yvonne.wingett@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-4712.