Opinion: No clear majority on marijuana

A sample of cannabis is shown in a sniffer at Shango Premium Cannabis, in Portland , Ore., Oct. 1. Oregon marijuana stores have begun sales to recreational users, marking a big day for the budding pot industry in the state.(Photo: AP File)

No clear majority on marijuana

Media coverage depicts legalization as a done deal, just waiting for Gov. Shumlin’s signature in 2016. Vermont’s lawmakers and officials have stepped right in behind Shumlin and the paid marijuana lobby to make us believe this.

So far, it appears that those who defend legalization of social marijuana are those who take no particular responsibility for public health and safety. The arguments in favor are simplistic: “personal freedom” and untold riches to be made. We may include the state of Vermont in this, as the state seems bent on becoming drug pusher to the whole East Coast.

Then there are the rest of...

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