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From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the

Point. Affordable College, the new American dream. I'm Barbara Bogave sitting in for

Warren Ulney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

With average student debt at $30,000 and the price tag for a degree skyrocketing, presidential hopefuls and educators are churning out proposals to lower college costs and make borrowing less painful.

There's the idea of a three-year degree or making graduates who earn more pay more.

But do any of these ideas go far enough

to bring college back within reach

of middle-class families?

Rethinking the cost of college.

And on today's talking point,

in Denver legal marijuana is everywhere,

but just try to find a place to smoke it.

The new fight over public consumption.

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This is To the Point. I'm Barbara Bogave, in for Warren-Aulney. Just ahead, the three-year

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