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Wheeler Conference: Legal marijuana undermines drug war, official says

September 20, 2011 /

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The federal government has spent huge sums of money in its war on drugs but fears those efforts will be undermined in states where medical marijuana is legal, says a former federal prosecutor.

Former U.S. Attorney for Montana William Mercer made that argument on Monday during the Wheeler Center Conference in Helena.

The Bozeman-based Wheeler Center http://www.wheelercenter.org/ holds two conferences each year focusing on public policy issues. This year’s fall conference, held Monday and today in Helena, focuses on medical marijuana.

ERIN MADISON

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