Marijuana Connections

Yesterday, I wrote about the results of six statewide marijuana initiatives, including the historic news that Washington and Colorado’s voters made marijuana legal under state law . But those statewide victories weren’t the only defeats our country’s failed marijuana policies were dealt on Election Day. I have more good news to share. In Michigan, voters overwhelmingly approved all four citywide measures to stop arresting marijuana users. Grand Rapids voters replaced possible jail time for simple possession of marijuana with a fine. In Detroit and Flint, voters removed local criminal penalties for marijuana possession. In Ypsilanti, marijuana possession will now be the lowest law enforcement priority. While in Massachusetts voters were legalizing medical marijuana statewide, voters in six state legislative districts representing 45 towns and cities approved Public Policy Questions calling for even broader reform. Two of the measures called for Congress to repeal federal marijuana...

Marijuana Legalization Quotes In the past decade marijuana legalization in the has become a reality in many U.S. states.  For pro marijuana advocates that have been pushing for marijuana legalization in the United States for some time, the decision of several U.S. state governments to pass laws legalizing marijuana use for medicinal purposes has been a long yet fruitful road.  Along the way, there has been no shortage of inspirational marijuana legalization quotes from pro marijuana activists and supporters of the movement to legalize marijuana. Quotes on Legalizing Marijuana The anti-marijuana campaign is a cancerous tissue of lies, undermining law enforcement, depriving the sick of needed help, and suckering well-intentioned conservatives and countless frightened parents. ~ William F. Buckley, 1983 Dope will be legalized in a few years.  Even the lawyers are smoking it. ~ Lenny Bruce Marijuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing ~ Ha...