Posts Tagged ‘legalization of marijuana’

The muscular young man with greasy hair, tattered clothing and a menacing demeanor sauntered into a Los Angeles fast-food emporium the other day, his breath reeking of liquor and his demands very frank.

The USA is making great progress with 15 of the states having legal medical marijuana. Unfortunately that means 70% of the states it is illegal to use medical marijuana. So there is still plenty of people across the USA and the world who are not legally able to take medical marijuana. If we all keep up the fight [...]

Based on exit polls, California’s Proposition 19 appears to have been defeated.

In three out of four public opinion surveys the California pro-marijuana lobby are leading the way, however, we are warned not to be too complacent about the outcome…

Democrat Oregon State Representative, Peter Buckley, believes legalization of both medical marijuana and recreational use of weed will help reduce the might of Mexican drug cartels, while at the same time adding coppers to the State’s coffers.

We conveniently forget that people want marijuana not for their pleasure, but to eliminate pain and improve the quality of their life.

In the Emerald Triangle, marijuana is increasingly filling the gap left by other failing industries like lumber and fishing; with the crash of the economy, it’s little wonder that the government seem to be having a major rethink about cannabis prohibition.

It might just be time for the state of California to write another chapter in the marijuana history books by voting to legalize its recreational use for adults.

If marijuana was legalized, excess profits caused by the risk-premium taken by illegal grow operations would be transferred to the government – along with much needed tax revenue.

With current marijuana laws remaining largely unenforced have we gone back in time to the corruption and racketeering of the 1930′s?