Monday, August 23, 2010

Cannabis Prohibition: The Past, Present and Future of Fail

by xxdr zombiexx

4 current articles on the Internet illustrate the past, and present failures of cannabis prohibition as well as point to the future in which we will make use of it, but others are beating us to the punch.

America's political commitment to the utter failure of cannabis prohibition profits fuel a worsening problem with outrageous Cartel violence in Mexico and causes large sums of money to change hands untaxed;

Meanwhile, over our northern border, sneaky Canadians are capitalizing on America's prohibition of hemp (same damn plant) to make strong, lightweight materials for electric cars. No... really. I don't have time to make this stuff up.

And it doesn't have to be this way: California is attempting to be the first state in America to fully do the right thing, but there are a number of blatantly dumb arguments circulating for continuing this unmitigated disaster of a policy.

It's all after the Jump™



continued at Daily Kos....