Greg Beato on the Benefits of Unregulated Pot

Seventeen years after deciding that marijuana
should be at least as permissible as Vicodin, California still has
no statewide regulations governing the production and distribution
of medical marijuana. Since the U.S. Department of Justice has
suggested it will not meddle with pot legalization in states with
“strong and effective regulatory and enforcement systems,”
California is increasingly characterized as a dysfunctional
laggard. Greg Beato argues that a deregulated, free market model
would be much more successful.

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