解放军文职招聘考试大麻合法化争论硝烟再起2

 Polls show that 70% of Californians support medical marijuana. A narrow majority supports full legalization, which is now in place in Washington State and Colorado. But it's all illegal under federal law. Today's marijuana is potent, with more of the psychoactive agent THC, says psychologist Steve Freng, who works in Seattle with drug treatment programs for the federal government. "Marijuana these days is not the marijuana that was out there when I was in high school and college. That was essentially Mexican ditch weed that, if you were lucky, was a 3 to 5% THC type of marijuana." Some of today's marijuana has 15 or 20% THC, and as with alcohol, there are problems with abuse and underage users. But the debate here is not about prohibition, says marijuana dispensary founder Steve DeAngelo. "It's no longer a question of whether or not cannabis is going to be legalized. It's not even a question of when, because we're in that moment right now." He says it's a question of how it will be legalized. The country is waiting to see how federal officials respond to that question.

民调显示，70%的加州人民支持医用大麻合法化。支持大麻完全合法化的人数也以微弱优势占到多数。华盛顿州和科罗拉多州已经实现了大麻完全合法化，但根据联邦法，所有大麻的使用都是非法的。心理学家史蒂夫•付林在西雅图为联邦政府开展一些药物治疗的项目。他说，现今的大麻药性强劲，因为其中含有更多能影响神经状况的药剂THC（四氢大麻酚）：“现今的大麻可不是我上高中、大学那会儿的大麻了。那会儿的大麻其实是墨西哥产的劣质大麻，里面含3%到5%的THC就算你运气不错了。”而现今的一些大麻THC含量高达15%到20%，和酒精一样存在滥用和未成年人使用的问题。史蒂夫•迪安杰罗是大麻药房的创始人。他说这次辩论无关禁用大麻的问题：“我们现在要讨论的问题不是大麻是否会合法化，甚至也不是大麻何时会合法化，因为大麻合法化的时机就是现在。”迪安杰罗说，问题在于大麻会以怎样的方式合法化。大家都在等着看联邦官员们如何回应该问题。