Ending marijuana prohibition long overdue
Marijuana legalization blurs political lines -- while Democrats in general are in favor, the issue does draw Republicans and libertarians. Issue 3, however, has opponents from both parties because of its economic model of limiting the commercial cultivation to 10 farms.(Photo: File)
I must respond to Auditor Dave Yost's pronouncement that decriminalization is good enough. Marijuana laws have been used to harass and keep the civilian population in check since they were first proposed ("Marijuana laws already lax" Sept. 2).
In California, marijuana prohibition started as a way to push Mexicans back across the border because, wait for it, Mexican immigrants were crossing the border and taking American jobs during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Now where have we heard that before? Blacks and other minorities were targeted also. The first drug czar was quoted as saying that marijuana should be illegal because it makes black men think they...
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