Comments on: the marijuanablogs http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/the-marijuanablogs/ the neverending reference interview of life Fri, 17 May 2013 00:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kristin http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/the-marijuanablogs/#comment-12 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:31:19 +0000 http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-12 While I do agree that this will probably a very slow progressive towards decriminalizing it use, I think the discussion over the topic is a little more open then you think. The first step will probably involve legalizing its medical use prior for the average citizen to warm to the concept of recreational use.

I also think that the rising tide of mafia violence in Mexico fueled by Mexican run drug smuggling (pot being the lions share of turning over cash for the Mexican mafia) may also push this process of decriminalizing faster for the sake of international security.

At least from media standpoint, I’ve noticed multiple ripples in newspaper editorials about this subject.

Within this past week:

Jack Cafferty: “War on Drugs is Insane” (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/cafferty.legal.drugs/index.html

Hillary Clinton:U.S. to blame for much of Mexico violence
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52O5RF20090325?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

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