Facebook Protest in Oregon Forces Down Anti-Marijuana Billboards

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Who knew? It seems Facebook groups can actually get things accomplished. This has been proven out in Portland, Ore., where pro-marijuana activists managed to get a group of anti-marijuana billboards around the city taken down. Part of the problem with the ads is that the drug-addled woman in them is reportedly a meth addict, not a pothead. In any case, a Facebook page called "Protest the Billboard at 122 & Division!" sprang up to mobilize opposition to the ads.

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