The Columbian, 07 Sep 2012 – Consider voting "yes" on Initiative 502, the marijuana initiative on Washington state’s ballot. Face it, we have been chasing our tail on marijuana policy for decades. Current policy addressing marijuana’s availability and use is laughable. We’ve outlawed its production and use generally, but voted twice to make marijuana production and use legal for "medical need" (implementation of which is crazy). We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars in Washington state trying to enforce marijuana law. One can fairly question to what effect? Despite the get-tough intent, marijuana remains widely available, and citizens across the social spectrum use it recreationally.