Steve Chapman on the Democratic Party’s Dilemma Over Legalizing Pot

Legalizing
marijuana is an issue made to order for the Democratic Party, notes
Steve Chapman. A majority of Americans now supports the idea, and
so do two out of three Democrats. Two states have done it, and
several more may vote on it in 2016. The party could put the issue
to use against Republicans, who have no desire to be the party of
weed. Can you imagine Rick Santorum or Marco Rubio or Paul Ryan
endorsing legalization? Even libertarian Rand Paul declines to go
that far. There’s only one thing standing in the way of the
Democratic Party using the pot issue to win elections, curtail
arrests of minorities, free money for social programs and cement
the allegiance of young voters: Democratic politicians.

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