You mean ending prohibition doesn't lead to massive spikes in crime and other conservative horror stories of what happens when you end the war on drugs? Wow, who could have guessed. The sky is not falling in Colorado, several months into the legalization of marijuana.
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David Brooks is very concerned that adults might be smoking marijuana. Please make note of it. Also note that David Brooks claims to have smoked marijuana in the past. Judge.
I know we frequently talk about a benefit of marijuana legalization undermining the cartel violence in Mexico. But at this point, the cat is out of the bag on that..
Once again, we see illegal marijuana farmers in California causing a huge toll on the local ecology, including the death of threatened species. The only way to deal with this is to legalize marijuana production, submit it to a strong regulatory system that includes forfeiture...
I've talked about this issue before a couple of times, so I'm really glad to see the New York Times report on the awful environmental impact of unregulated marijuana production.
Here is more evidence that illegal marijuana plantations on national forest land leads to significant problems to wildlife: In the West Coast marijuana-growing region known as the Emerald Triangle, scientists.
So I found this Doug Fine piece on keeping cannabis production out of corporate hands a little frustrating. Fine's basic argument is that with the increased likelihood of legalized marijuana production, we have to keep pot farming out of corporate hands. Now, you might agree...