UN Drug Watchdog warns against marijuana legalization/Mexico says Re-Legalize

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5. The feds are who will keep this very progressive movement from moving..

this new term is a prime time for Obama to unveil a progressive plan to decriminalize at the federal level and look at actual legalization and taxing. Obama could seal a hero's legacy if he plays this issue correctly. Reductions in mexican violence, reductions in incarceration rates, reductions in law enforcement spending, use of the tax revenue to improve healthcare including mental health and addiction treatment for anyone who wants or needs it, use of the byproducts of growing it for ethanol production, and the list goes on. If he chooses to ignore it or fight the states, his legacy will likely be somewhat less impressive, IMHO.