Saturday, July 28, 2012

Pot Legalization Is Coming | Julian Brookes | Politics News | Rolling Stone - Support for legalization is (no other way to put it) higher than ever, and rising. That's partly demographics – the young are more into pot than their elders, who aren't sticking around. But it's something else, too: The status quo, people are starting to notice, is a total disaster. - The prohibition on marijuana – a relatively benign drug when used responsibly by adults, and a teddy bear compared to alcohol and tobacco – has done an impressive job of racking up racially-biased arrests; throwing people in jail; burning up police time and money; propping up a $30 billion illegal market; and enriching psychotic Mexican drug lords.


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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/pot-legalization-is-coming-20120726


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