Medical Pot Policy Mellows Out [News Bits]

Email This Entry


Comments (2) [rss]

LBJ also tried incentives with North Vietnam. He offered to build a public utility the size of the Tennessee Valley Authority there if Ho Chih Minh surrendered.

"We cannot hope to eradicate the drug trade if we do not first address the cash cow for most drug trafficking organizations — marijuana," said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee.

Yes, Lamar, you're right. We need to eliminate the drug trade's cash cow, by legalizing marijuana, not wasting billions of law-enforcement and prosecution dollars chasing a bunch of 60-something hippies in the mountains of Northern California.

Post a comment (Comment Policy)

Tips

About Austinist

Austinist is a news and culture website about Austin, Texas. We publish Monday through Friday, and also maintain a guide to local arts and entertainment events that we call the Weekly IST List.

Editor: Allen Y Chen
Publisher: Gothamist

Recent Comments

Dig It

Contribute

Latest Tip:

where's the public outcry over the condition of waterloo park?
[more]

Latest Photo:

Subscribe

Use an RSS reader to stay up to date with the latest news and posts from Austinist.

All Our RSS