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Two significant West Coast police groups have changed their attitude and now favor federal cannabis legalization, marking a historic first for a statewide police officers’ association campaigning for the repeal of marijuana prohibition. In a recent statement dubbed a “historic shift,” the Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC) and the Oregon Coalition of Police and Sheriffs (ORCOPs) backed federal legislation to legalize marijuana worldwide.