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4/20: Americans Are Ready to Legalize Marijuana, Why Aren't Politicians?
In 1999, as the Republican Governor of New Mexico, I made some waves by
becoming the highest ranking elected official in the nation to call for
the legalization of marijuana use and to publicly state the obvious: The
War on Drugs is an "expensive bust."
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The good news: Since I committed what many would call political
Hara-kiri in 1999, the American people are increasingly recognizing the
failure of the War on Drugs, and in particular, the hypocrisy of
marijuana prohibition. Gallup and other polling organizations are
finding, for the first time, that a majority of Americans are ready to
accept marijuana legalization. In November, voters in two states,
Washington and Colorado, approved measures to legalize and regulate
recreational marijuana use.
I personally believe the political system cannot for very long
withstand this inexorable shift in public opinion. The tipping point is
here as far as the people are concerned; now, the politicians must
follow.
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