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With less than two months until the general election, the D.C. Cannabis Campaign has announced two new slogans that will anchor their marijuana legalization effort.

Along with the succinct slogan “legalize,” District voters will soon see two other lines in the Cannabis Campaign’s effort to get local voters to vote yes on initiative 71, the Post reports: “Vote to refocus police priorities,” and “legalization ends discrimination.”

The slogans, of course, are derived from the crux of the marijuana legalization effort in D.C., which is to help alleviate the massive racial disparity in marijuana-related arrests. That was the goal behind D.C.’s recent marijuana decriminalization law and Cannabis Campaign Chairman Adam Eidinger told the Post that the two new slogans, especially “legalization ends discrimination,” is a direct reference to the new law.

Though support for the Cannabis Campaign’s legalization effort has been high—with more than 57,000 people who signed petitions to get Initiative 71 on the general election ballot, as well as support from several D.C. politicians—not everyone is on board with legalizing pot quite yet. Yesterday, an article from the Post’s editorial board urges readers to not vote for legalizing marijuana just yet:

It’s not been a year since Colorado became the first state to allow recreational marijuana use and, as the Smart Approaches to Marijuana has catalogued, there have been negative consequences, including increased instances of impaired driving and increased use by youth. With marijuana already decriminalized, there’s no reason for the District to rush the next step; why not at least give Colorado a bit more time to provide lessons?

Naturally, the Cannabis Campaign is none too thrilled about this:

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