From the Cannabis Closet that is. Following Andrew Sullivan's series documenting the regular Americans who enjoy smoking marijuana comes Wilkinson's op-ed calling for sane thought on the issue and criticizing Obama's flippant response to the legalization question last week. While there is little doubt that marijuana should be legalized, the political battles that would be needed to do so could soak up all Obama's remaining political capital--capital he needs in order to sheperd the country out of economic collapse. That said, the issue deserves serious debate and it is a depressing indicator of the prohibitionist streak that runs through this country that those who would address legalization are laughed off and disregarded.
Update: Joe Klein also has an article on legalization in Time from last week and while he doesn't confess to enjoying the odd smoke himself, he argues that the myriad of good legalization would bring about far outweighs the arguments against, most of which are easy to counter anyway.
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