3 More Jurisdictions That Could Legalize Marijuana This Year

Jacob Sullum

In my latest Forbes column, I compare marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington with the policies embodied in three initiatives on the ballot this year. Here is how the piece begins:

This week a marijuana legalization initiative officially qualified for the ballot in Oregon. Voters will also consider legalization measures in Alaska and (probably) the District of Columbia this fall, so by the end of the year three more jurisdictions could join Colorado and Washington in allowing recreational use of cannabis. The differences among the five measures illustrate the advantages of federalism, which allows policy experiments that will help chart the course to the end of marijuana prohibition in America.

Read the whole thing.

Comments

[antisocial-ist]

I'm glad a state that doesn't have a large hippie population is finally considering legalization. We need more red states to get on this trend. With any luck some pols will see this and start limiting government in other areas as well.

[John Thacker]

Well, not all red state pols can be as pro-pot as Pat Robertson.

[UnCivilServant]

Appalatia should jump on this, their climate is perfect for growing both hemp and Marijuana products. Plus the current strife of actual poverty could be alleviated by giving the people a product they could produce on even relatively modest scale for supplemental (or primary) income.