The folly of marijuana prohibition was never more clearly displayed. This type of madness will continue until three things happen. First, the government blitzkrieg of anti-pot propaganda must end. It is near universally recognized that marijuana is far safer than alcohol, which, of course, the government also tried to suppress. The same government is now addicted to the tax revenue collected from real killer drugs, alcohol and cigarettes.
Government propping up of an unfair law relies on fear to stifle dissent.
Third, and most difficult, is to convince the governor and Legislature to resist the prison-industrial complex and to just say no to the idiotic marijuana prohibition. The Washington Institute has called for an end to this practice. We elect representatives to set priorities on the best way to use our tax money, then we hold them accountable for their decisions. We conclude that standards of good public policy and common sense require that all public spending be considered equally in an open budget process.