I do not drink alcohol. Not even a little bit. And I don’t smoke pot either. But I used to do plenty of both. Not any more, and not for a lot of years either. So even if consumption and possession of marijuana were to be made legal in America it would not change my lifestyle at all.
But if marijuana were properly regulated and taxed, a lot of problems would be solved. The strength of the Mexican drug cartels would be substantially reduced, much like happened to the American mafia after alcohol was re-legalized after prohibition.
The Wall Street Journal published an excellent article yesterday called “Drugs: To Legalize or Not” written by Steven B. Duke who is a professor of law at the Yale law school.
When the WSJ rationally looks at the question, the time has probably arrived.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124061360462654683.html
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