And that is from the most reactionary side of the debate.Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said his policy is “to implement policies that start us toward a decriminalization and keeps people from going to prison and destroying their lives.”
At a press conference Wednesday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he would support a strictly-controlled medical marijuana program.
During his inauguration speech Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said, “We will end the failed war on drugs that believes that incarceration is the cure of every ill caused by drug abuse.”
“We will make drug treatment available to as many of our non-violent offenders as we can and we will partner with our citizens to create a society that understands this simple truth: every life has value and no life is disposable,” Christie said.
http://news.yahoo.com/us-marijuana-poli ... 24509.html
Alaska? Well Palin DID violate Federal law. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/palin-she-inhaled/Colorado now licenses distributors of recreational marijuana, Washington State is slated to do so later this year, and several other states – California, Oregon, and Alaska among them – are expected to consider the issue this year.
Evidently the politicians can see the handwriting on the wall. Pity the Republican base can't do the sums.
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Links to Reason etc. at HuffPo. Arianna and I exchanged emails on the subject back in 2000.As support for marijuana legalization continues to grow, Rob Kampia, the executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, believes that momentum will drive two more states to follow Colorado and Washington in legalizing recreational weed in 2014.
In a recent interview with Reason, Kampia made several legal pot predictions.
"I think the next state to legalize will be Alaska, through a ballot initiative that we're running in August of 2014," Kampia said to Reason. "Through state legislatures, I think the first state is going to be Rhode Island."
Kampia went on to predict that many other states will also be voting on marijuana legalization on the same day in 2016, including: California, Nevada, Arizona, Maine and possibly Massachusetts.
Alaska and Rhode Island both appear to be poised for legalization. In Alaska, Public Policy Polling recently surveyed voters and found that 54 percent are currently in favor of legal weed.
Alaska, Rhode Island Will Legalize Marijuana Next, Federal Pot Law Will Change In 2019: MPP's Rob Kampia
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/1 ... 45407.html