Is it possible that the walls will crumble even faster than we think?
Rob Kampia thinks so, and he's a very well-placed observer. As head of the Marijuana Policy Project, Kampia has his finger on the pulse of pot politics as well as anyone, and he made a pretty startling prediction at the International Drug Reform Conference in suburban Washington last weekend.
At a panel on "Marijuana Reform in Congress," Kampia suggested that a handful of state-level marijuana legalization victories next year is going to set in motion a congressional debate on legalization that could see an end to federal marijuana prohibition before the end of the decade.
Legalization campaigns are already well-advanced in Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada, and while getting on the ballot is no guarantee of victory next November, polling so far suggests that most of them will win. And next year could also be the year the first state, and even perhaps a second, legalizes it through the legislative process.
"If you look at what's about to happen," Kampia said, "Vermont is most likely to legalize through the legislature, and Rhode Island has a good shot, but those are the only two states in play."
But then there are the initiative states.
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5 comments:
Great idea. Like we need another legal substance to get our children addicted to. It's all about the money. It's always about the money.
psst 6:42...its not the 50's anymore. Most people that have access to the world outside their front door know that the real lie is prescription drugs. And pot is not, repeat IS NOT addictive. You are correct that it is all about the money.
Good! We need to get past the crap the holier than thou crowd puts out.
Ask any stoner who burns weed all day long and they will swear it's not addictive. And they will say it's not a gateway drug. Every heroin addict started with weed. What adjectives are most used to describe stoners anyway? Dynamic? Productive? Go Getters? Hell no. More like Loser. Slug. Burn out.
The argument that it's just a plant is bullshit. It's a plant that has been modified for decades to produce super high amounts of THC. I understand the herb they burn now has no resemblance to the stuff from back in the 70"s.
But with all that said I believe it should be decriminalized. So burn on you go getters.
I know of many successful folk that indulge occasionally.
The question is not how bad is it, the question is how free are you?
Pot prohibition is the same as alcohol prohibition with the same results. You can't legislate a hunger for something as Abe Lincoln said. It does not necessarily lead to heroin for crying out loud. Cigarettes are the real gateway drug. And yes it is still just a plant, however much it has changed. Keep it out of the kids hands but let the adults do as they will. All the money spent on the war on drugs has not changed the percentage of drug addicts . Free the police to go after violent criminals. That's all I got to say about that.
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