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Subject: Analyse of Lucas's text

Author:
Priscilla Rabelo

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Date Posted: 17:06:10 10/02/09 Fri

Priscilla’s analyse of Lucas’s text:

California mull-s[-plural][-past](inflection) legalis-ing[+present progressive participal][-past](inflection) marijuana

Emilio San Pedro
BBC News

In 1996, vot-er-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection) in California approv-ed [+past] [+plural][-infinitive] (inflection) a referendum that made [+past][-infinitive] /(inflection)it legal for the first time in decade-s[+plural][+noun]/ (inflection)in the US for people[+plural][+noum] to consume[+infinitive] cannabi-s[+plural][+noun]/ (inflection)for medicinal purpose-s[+plural][+noun]/ (inflection).
More than a dozen state-s[+plural][+noum] /(inflection)have follow-ed [+present perfect][+plural][3rd person] /(inflection)suit since and several other-s[+plural] [+noun] /(inflection)- the most recent of which is[-past] [-plural] [3rd person] /(inflection)Massachusetts have approv-ed [+present perfect][+plural][3rd person] /(inflection)law-s[+plural][+noun] /(inflection)de-crimin-al-is-ing[+present progressive participal][-past]/(derivational) the possess-i-on[+adjective]/(derivational) of small amount-s[+plural][+noum] /(inflection) of the drug.
Now, there are[+plural][-past][-infinitive]/ (inflection) move-s[+plural][+noun] /(inflection) afoot in California to go[+infinitive] further to ful-ly[+adverb]/(derivational) legalise[+infinitive] marijuana.
Evidence of the impact that the ap-prov-al[+noun][-plural]/ (inflection)/(derivational) of medicin-al[+adjective][-plural]/(derivational) marijuana has ha-d[+present perfect][-plural][3rd person]/ (inflection)on some area-s[+plural][+noun]/ (inflection) of California is[-past] [-plural] [3rd person]/ (inflection) clear in Oakland.
Across the bay from San Francisco, it has come (to be[+infinitive]) know-n[+present perfect][-plural][3rd person]/ (inflection) as Oaksterdam, in a nod to the symbol-ic[+adjective][-plural]/(derivational) glob-al[+adjective]/(derivational) capital of marijuana de-regula-tion[+noun][-plural]/(derivational), Amsterdam.
The relax-ed[+adjective][+gerundive]/(derivational) approach to marijuana use[+infinitive] in this part of Oakland has led[+present perfect][-plural] [3rd person]/ (inflection) to the open-ing[+noun][+gerundive]/(derivational) of several marijuana dispensar-ies[+noun][+plural]/ (inflection).
They are[-past][+plural][3rd person] /(inflection) establish-ment-s[+noun][+plural]/(inflection) /(derivational) in this once depriv-ed[+adjective][+gerundive]/(derivational) area of town which sell a broad array of cannabi-s[+plural][+noun]/ (inflection) relat-ed[+adjective][+gerundive]/(derivational) product-s[+plural][+noun]/ (inflection) , from food product-s[+plural][+noun]/ (inflection) such as brownie-s[+plural][+noun] /(inflection) and cereal bar-s[+plural][+noun] /(inflection) lac-ed[+past] [-plural][-infinitive] /(inflection) with cannabi-s[+plural][+noun] /(inflection) to tradition-al[+adjective]/(derivational) marijuana for smok-ing[+present progressive participal][-past]/(inflection).
Oaksterdam University
"This is[-past][-plural][3rd person] /(inflection) where it all start-ed[+past] [-plural][-infinitive] /(inflection)," say-s[-past] [-plural] [3rd person] /(inflection) Richard Lee, a lead-ing[+noun][+gerundive] advocate of the legalisa-tion[+noun][-plural]/(derivational)/(inflectional) of cannabi-s[+plural][+noun] /(inflection), point-ing[+present progressive participal][-past] to a build-ing[+noun][-plural]/(derivational) where the first ever dispensary[+noun][-plural] was[+past] [-plural] [3rd person] /(inflection) open-ed[+past] [-plural][-infinitive] /(inflection) in 1996.
His sense of excite-ment[+noun][-plural]/(derivational) is[-past] [-plural] [3rd person]/(inflection) palpa-ble[+adject]/(derivational) as he show-s[-past][-plural][3rd person]/ (inflection) me around Oaksterdam, which is[-past] [-plural] [3rd person]/ (inflection) also home to a facility[+infinitive] where state resident-s[+noun][+plural]/(inflection) can[+modal] get the ID need-ed[+past][-infinitive]/ (inflection) to establish[+infinitive] their right to use[+infinitive] cannabi-s[+plural][+noun]/ (inflection) for medic-al[+adjective][-plural]/(derivational) purpose-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection).

The area is[-past][-plural][3rd person]/(inflection) also home to the Oaksterdam University, which Mr Lee run-s[-past][-plural][3rd person]/(inflection).
He show-s[-past][-plural][3rd person]/(inflection) me around the student union of the university, which he describe-s[-past][-plural][3rd person]/(inflection) as a trade school for all of those interest-ed[+adjective][+gerundive] in find-ing[+present progressive participal][-past]/(inflection) a place in the thriv-ing[+noun][+gerundive] cannabi-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection) trade that medicin-al[+adjective][-plural] marijuana has spawn-ed[+present perfect][-plural][3rd person]/(inflection).
Mr Lee tell-s[-past][-plural][3rd person]/(inflection) me that mak-ing[+present progressive participal][-past]/(inflection) cannabi-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection) use legal would[+modal]make economic sense but would[+modal]also help in the fight against the Mexican drug-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection) cartel-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection).
"Accord-ing[+noun][+gerundive] to some estimate-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection), the Mexican cartel-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection) get 60-70% of their money - their profit - from cannabi-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection)," he tell-s[-past][-plural][3rd person]/(inflection) me.
"So if we cut that out of the equation then theoretica-lly[+adverb] 60-70% of the violence they perpetrate would[+modal]be cut[+present perfect][+plural][3rd person]/(inflection) out, because they'd[+modal] have less money for the gun-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection) and weapon-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection) and ammunition to kill[+infinitive] people and to spend[+infinitive] on brib-ing[+present progressive participal][-past]/(inflection) official-s[+plural][+noun]/(inflection) and all the rest," Mr Lee say-s[-past][-plural][3rd person]/(inflection).

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