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Vermont Gov. James Douglas and Windsor County State Attorney Robert Sand have agreed to cooperate with each other in prosecuting marijuana-possession cases after a dispute centered on Sand’s support for decriminalization of the drug, the Barre Times-Argus reported Dec. 12.

Douglas had been bypassing Sand’s office in prosecuting marijuana-possession cases because he objected to the local prosecutor’s reputed policy of sending all such cases to a court diversion program.

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An interesting commentary piece in yesterday’s Washington Post, excerpts below:

Health diplomacy: Rx for peace
Susan J. Blumenthal/ Elise Schlissel
The Washington Times
August 26, 2007

“A survey of Americans’ political and social values reveals that belief in the effectiveness of military power as a foreign policy tool has dropped to the lowest point in the last 20 years…This diminished confidence in military intervention as a cornerstone of international relations raises an obvious question: What other tools are available to advance U.S. interests in the world? Health diplomacy is an important and underutilized instrument in our nation’s foreign-policy toolbox.”

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