Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense

Time by Joe Klein | Apr. 3, 2009 (Opinion)

Beneath the furious roil of the economic crisis, a national conversation has quietly begun about the irrationality of our drug laws. It is going on in state legislatures, like New York's, where the draconian Rockefeller drug laws are up for review; in other states, from California to Massachusetts, various forms of marijuana decriminalization are being enacted. And it has reached the floor of Congress, where Senators Jim Webb and Arlen Specter have ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 2, 2009

Klein makes good use of some humorous verbal images in presenting the story of a movement that is very popular but contrary to years of government demonizing of pot. He over-generalizes that politicians who openly favor non-criminal regulation of pot get ostracized. Several state politicians here have openly worked to that end and have won competitive elections, largely for being honest about the problem.

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