Kitsap Sun, 09 Oct 2012 – As the previous U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, part of my job was to enforce our nation’s prohibition on marijuana. I carried out my sworn duty without hesitation. But I saw then, and can say now, that marijuana prohibition has been a miserable failure. Despite the fact that we arrest more marijuana users now than ever before, usage has not gone down. Nor have we had any impact on marijuana’s availability. In fact, marijuana is cheaper and more available now than it was 20 years ago. And all the profits are funneled to criminal organizations.

Seattle Times, 04 Sep 2010 – The U.S. war against marijuana has failed and actually threatens public safety and rests on false medical assumptions. Guest columnist John McKay, Seattle’s former U.S. attorney, argues why the laws against marijuana should be changed. I DON’T smoke pot. And I pretty much think people who do are idiots.