Marijuana: The Privileged Drug
A review last week by the Washington Post shows a statistically insignificant majority in favor of legalizing so-called “recreational” marijuana in the five states that will be voting on it on election day: California, Massachusetts, Nevada, Maine, Arizona. The five states were obviously specifically selected by the pot lobby as the next to join the Portlandia states of Oregon and Washington, as well as libertarian Alaska, and the new spring-break destination Colorado as the only states to completely decriminalize marijuana. But even in liberal avatars California and Massachusetts, the percent in favor at this time is only 52 and 53 percent, respectively. Nevada, with Vegas, its moral capital of “whatever,” has the highest margin at 57 percent. But the last state, Ohio, to vote on complete legalization soundly defeated it by a vote of 64 percent last year.
In addition, Arkansas and Florida will vote on “medical” marijuana. If...
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