I've long believed the criminalization of marijuana was ludicrous, considering we have already proven that prohibition policies don't work for a wide variety of reasons. Now it appears there may be renewed interest in rethinking our failed policy regarding this illegal herb.

From the article:

After generations of defending capital punishment and marijuana possession laws on moral, ethical and religious grounds, after years of declaring that the death penalty acted as a deterrent against violent crime and that pot smokers were more dangerous to society than, say, alcohol consumers, all of a sudden thanks to our economic crisis more and more mainstream powerbrokers are considering dramatic changes to our criminal justice system.

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