California's Pot Biz "Wild West" May End, Massachusetts Could "Head It Off At The Pass"

Legal marijuana commerce - to some extent a reality in 24 states and the District of Columbia - may be the fastest growing industry in the United States. Regardless of what we think about pot use, these facts beg the question: if voters continue to push for legalization, what is the best way to end prohibition of a popular business activity?

Should government tax-and-regulate cannabis as we do alcohol and tobacco? Or is it better for the pot trade to exist in a regulatory vacuum with no oversight? And should we continue to pay to keep people imprisoned for non-violent pot-related convictions after legalization?

News of the last few days and impending events in the next 14 months, especially in California and Massachusetts, should be making us all pause and give these questions some thought.

As I write this, California may be ending almost two decades of their "Wild...

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