Santa Cruz Sentinel, 15 Oct 2010 – A strong argument can be made that marijuana use should be legal. After all, penalties have been drastically softened in recent years. Equally compelling is the argument that prohibiting marijuana creates disrespect for the law, since so many people openly flout the ban. Prohibition didn’t work with alcohol, legalization supporters say, and it hasn’t worked with marijuana. Keeping it illegal just deprives local communities of tax revenue from sales and puts money in the pockets of gangsters and cartels.
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