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Monday, October 26, 2009

Politics United States "probably in the process now of legalizing marijuana."

Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:37 AM

So says George Will in what Raw Story is calling a "Walter Cronkite moment" in the war on drugs:

Appearing on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, the Pulitzer-winning journalist and longtime icon of America's political right declared that with President Barack Obama's new policy which respects the states right to allow medical marijuana, the United States is "probably in the process now of legalizing marijuana." He added that if there were to be a serious effort to fight the increasingly violent, powerful Mexican drug cartels, "you'd legalize marijuana," the sale of which provides the gangs the vast majority of their funding....

"We have legalized gambling in this country over two generations; it used to be considered a sin and a crime. We, with no national debate and no decision moment—we just did it—we legalized prostitution, as anyone who opens a telephone book and looks under 'escort' can tell you. And we may be doing... We're probably in the process now of legalizing marijuana."

 

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That would be sweet.
Posted by ROM on October 26, 2009 at 11:23 AM · Report
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Of course this happens after I've stopped caring. Just like when they finally told Wolverine's origin.
Posted by Marq on October 26, 2009 at 11:50 AM · Report
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If a man with as large a stick up his ass as Will is seeing the light what'll be next? Hannity finally admits to having a massively oversized head?
Posted by Abusive on October 26, 2009 at 2:35 PM · Report

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