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Mr. Alexander may think of himself as a guide to the lawless but he also serves as an unwitting double agent in the marijuana wars.
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DEA officials later confirmed that the list of specialty stores raided was culled from advertisers in High Times as well as in Sinsemilla Tips, a competing Oregon-based journal published by marijuana activist Tom Alexander. Alexander's indoor-gardening store, located in the same building as his magazine, was among those shut down by the raids.
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