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  1. A Chilean police officer walks between packs of marijuana confiscated in an anti-narcotics operation and displayed for the media in Vina del Mar city, about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Santiago, November 26, 2009. At least one ton of marijuana was confiscated with nine Argentines and 12 Chileans arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing drugs, during an anti-narcotics operation in the boundaries between Chile and Argentina in Los Andes city, about 48 miles (77 km) northwest of Santiago. The drugs were valued at approximately 2 million dollars, according to local police.
  2. A Chilean police arranges packs of marijuana confiscated in an anti-narcotics operation and displayed for the media in Vina del Mar city, about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Santiago, November 26, 2009. At least one ton of marijuana was confiscated with nine Argentines and 12 Chileans arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing drugs, during an anti-narcotics operation in the boundaries between Chile and Argentina in Los Andes city, about 48 miles (77 km) northwest of Santiago. The drugs were valued at approximately 2 million dollars, according to local police.
  3. A Chilean police walks between packs of marijuana confiscated in an anti-narcotics operation and displayed for the media in Vina del Mar city, about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Santiago, November 26, 2009. At least one ton of marijuana was confiscated with nine Argentines and 12 Chileans arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing drugs, during an anti-narcotics operation in the boundaries between Chile and Argentina in Los Andes city, about 48 miles (77 km) northwest of Santiago. The drugs were valued at approximately 2 million dollars, according to local police.
  4. Chilean police stand guard in front of packs of marijuana confiscated in an anti-narcotics operation and displayed for the media in Vina del Mar city, about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Santiago, November 26, 2009. At least one ton of marijuana was confiscated with nine Argentines and 12 Chileans arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing drugs, during an anti-narcotics operation in the boundaries between Chile and Argentina in Los Andes city, about 48 miles (77 km) northwest of Santiago. The drugs were valued at approximately 2 million dollars, according to local police.
  5. A Chilean police stands guard in front of packs of marijuana confiscated in an anti-narcotics operation and displayed for the media in Vina del Mar city, about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Santiago, November 26, 2009. At least one ton of marijuana was confiscated with nine Argentines and 12 Chileans arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing drugs, during an anti-narcotics operation in the boundaries between Chile and Argentina in Los Andes city, about 48 miles (77 km) northwest of Santiago. The drugs were valued at approximately 2 million dollars, according to local police.
  6. A Chilean police walks between packs of marijuana confiscated in an anti-narcotics operation and displayed for the media in Vina del Mar city, about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Santiago, November 26, 2009. At least one ton of marijuana was confiscated with nine Argentines and 12 Chileans arrested on suspicion of possessing and distributing drugs, during an anti-narcotics operation in the boundaries between Chile and Argentina in Los Andes city, about 48 miles (77 km) northwest of Santiago. The drugs were valued at approximately 2 million dollars, according to local police.
  7. Soldiers stand next to suspect Miguel Angel Garcia, 36, and packages of marijuana seized from the trailer truck he was driving as he his presented to the press in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. According to the army, 2,894 kilograms of marijuana were found hidden in his trailer truck at a check point along the Mexicali-Tijuana road early Monday.
  8. Seized packages of marijuana are displayed to the press in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. According to the army, 2,894 kilograms of marijuana were found hidden in a trailer truck at a check point along the Mexicali-Tijuana road early Monday.
  9. Three Orthodox Jews, from left, Solomon Diamant, Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss and Dovid Feldman, all of Lakewood, N.J., hold a banner outside The New Jersey Statehouse Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., as they protest proposed legislation legalizing same sex marriage. With a former prosecutor waiting in the wings to take over as New Jersey's first Republican governor in a dozen years, Democrats know time is short to push through a social agenda in the Legislature that includes legalizing gay marriage and the use of marijuana for chronic medical conditions.
  10. A huge crowd gathers outside offices of Garden State Equality, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., before walking to the New Jersey Statehouse to lobby for passage of a bill legalizing gay marriage. With a former prosecutor waiting in the wings to take over as New Jersey's first Republican governor in a dozen years, Democrats know time is short to push through a social agenda in the Legislature that includes legalizing gay marriage and the use of marijuana for chronic medical conditions.
  11. Steven Goldstein of Garden State Equality walks with supporters Marsha Shapiro, left, and Louise Walpin, right, as they lead a large group into the New Jersey Statehouse Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., to lobby for proposed legislation legalizing same sex marriage. With a former prosecutor waiting in the wings to take over as New Jersey's first Republican governor in a dozen years, Democrats know time is short to push through a social agenda in the Legislature that includes legalizing gay marriage and the use of marijuana for chronic medical conditions.
  12. A man holds a sign advertising a medical marijuana dispensary on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, November 18, 2009. Hundreds of pot shops have sprung up in the last couple of years across Los Angeles, taking advantage of California's medical marijuana laws to do a brisk trade in cannabis offerings branded with names like "Big Buds" and "Super Trainwreck". Roughly 1,000 marijuana dispensaries now cater to cancer patients and recreational dope smokers alike -- but city prosecutors declared war on many of them this month with threats to take action against those selling pot for profit. Picture taken November 18, 2009.
  13. Will Wilkerson, 26, holds a sign advertising a medical marijuana dispensary on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, November 18, 2009. Hundreds of pot shops have sprung up in the last couple of years across Los Angeles, taking advantage of California's medical marijuana laws to do a brisk trade in cannabis offerings branded with names like "Big Buds" and "Super Trainwreck". Roughly 1,000 marijuana dispensaries now cater to cancer patients and recreational dope smokers alike -- but city prosecutors declared war on many of them this month with threats to take action against those selling pot for profit. Picture taken November 18, 2009.
  14. A man advertises a medical marijuana dispensary on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, November 18, 2009. Hundreds of pot shops have sprung up in the last couple of years across Los Angeles, taking advantage of California's medical marijuana laws to do a brisk trade in cannabis offerings branded with names like "Big Buds" and "Super Trainwreck". Roughly 1,000 marijuana dispensaries now cater to cancer patients and recreational dope smokers alike -- but city prosecutors declared war on many of them this month with threats to take action against those selling pot for profit. Picture taken November 18, 2009.
  15. Mauricio, 21, begs for money to buy marijuana outside a medical marijuana dispensary on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, November 18, 2009. Hundreds of pot shops have sprung up in the last couple of years across Los Angeles, taking advantage of California's medical marijuana laws to do a brisk trade in cannabis offerings branded with names like "Big Buds" and "Super Trainwreck". Roughly 1,000 marijuana dispensaries now cater to cancer patients and recreational dope smokers alike -- but city prosecutors declared war on many of them this month with threats to take action against those selling pot for profit. Picture taken November 18, 2009.
  16. People walk past a medical marijuana dispensary on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, November 18, 2009. Hundreds of pot shops have sprung up in the last couple of years across Los Angeles, taking advantage of California's medical marijuana laws to do a brisk trade in cannabis offerings branded with names like "Big Buds" and "Super Trainwreck". Roughly 1,000 marijuana dispensaries now cater to cancer patients and recreational dope smokers alike -- but city prosecutors declared war on many of them this month with threats to take action against those selling pot for profit. Picture taken November 18, 2009.

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