sean paul's been singing about it for years.. and it seems like now's the time it might happen. actually, i don't think it will-- all of a sudden, talk about marijuana legalization has been all over the place. but it's been too quick, too unexpected.. europe is supposed to enact these liberal laws before us. no? at least the dialogue is out there, and people in high places are wondering whether or not it should happen. 1. in obama's "open for questions" tool back in december, where american's voiced their opinions on all kinds of topics they were interested in, the number one thing american's were talking about was legalization. number one? intense.
2. michael phelps and the awesome photo of him hitting a bong, opened up the dialogue even more. kellogg's dropped him. subway is sticking by him. the guy who owned the pipe that phelps hit, tried to sell it on ebay--and got arrested. and phelps.. phelps proved to americans that you can have 14 gold medals and still smoke a little pot now and then.
3. recently, a rasmussen reports national phone survey found that 40% of americans thought it should be legalized, 46% don't and 14% are undecided. shit..
4. and now, assemblyman tom ammiano from califronia will be announcing legislation today, to legalize marijuana and earn around one billion annually by taxing it. the bill would "remove all penalties in California law on cultivation, transportation, sale, purchase, possession, or use of marijuana, natural THC, or paraphernalia for persons over the age of 21."
so, we'll keep following this to see how it goes.. and i won't sit here and write about the pros and cons of legalization because i'm sure you're all familiar with them. as for me, i don't really care either way. mostly, i think it's good because of the revenues it would bring in (saving almost 8 billion/year in expenses on prohibition enforcement, and bringing in a possible 6 billion in taxes). god knows we need it. also, i love to see this country being a little more liberal.
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