In a first for the leader of any political party in Congress, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) has endorsed a rollback of one of the country’s oldest drug laws. ~ The Washington Post
Americans are trading money for what few civil rights they can get, and Mary Jane is high on that list of things they know the majority want, sooner rather than later, second only to gay rights which have already made significant strides. Part of the reason Americans want it, is they are tired of paying to incarcerate harmless pot heads, and this is the simplest way to eliminate it as an issue, not only here in the US, but throughout most of the so-called "free world". Freedom in the empire is merely the freedom to object, but not too loudly, and get back in line.
YES! I saw in the newspaper today, a town near here opens its medical marijuana dispensary, and this it is already swamped with people YAY! About time!