All Indicators Point to a Softening of America's Harsh Marijuana Laws

AlterNet by Alexander Zaitchik | Jun. 7, 2008 (Opinion)

You have to hand it to the Republican National Committee: Those guys really know how to pick the wrong fight.

John McCain, already running against the public opinion grain in support of the Iraq War and Bush tax cuts, received no help from headquarters last month when the RNC made medical marijuana a campaign issue. After Barack Obama told an Oregon weekly that he would end federal raids on medical marijuana users and providers in states with ... Full Story »

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by M. Simon - Oct. 1, 2008

It opens with some gratuitous swipes at the GOP, but then gets into a well sourced and well reasoned look at the Federal anti-Medical Marijuana Laws. The GOP should take notice. Just as 70 to 80% of all Americans support gun rights, so do similar or greater numbers support Medical Marijuana. I think both parties miss the fact that the US is a basically libertarian (leave us alone) country.