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<div><p><span>While a majority of Americans - <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/04/majority-of-americans-favor-marijuana-legalization-for-first-time-according-to-the-nations-most-authoritative-survey/" rel="noopener noreferrer">52 percent</a> - now favor weed legalizat

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<div><p><span>In a historic move, President <a href="http://ivn.us/tag/barack-obama" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Barack Obama</strong></a> became the first sitting U.S. president to visit a federal prison, in an effort to draw national attention to the need for reform in the American criminal 

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