Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense
Beneath the furious roil of the economic crisis, a national conversation has quietly begun about the irrationality of our drug laws. It is going on in state legislatures, like New York's, where the draconian Rockefeller drug laws are up for review; in other states, from California to Massachusetts, various forms of marijuana decriminalization are being enacted. And it has reached the floor of Congress, where Senators Jim Webb and Arlen Specter have ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
If we legalize pot, what will we do with all the police who have been snooping around looking for pot? Think of the revenue that they could bring in from traffic tickets... and the money saved on jails.