Jacob Sullum on Three Places Where Marijuana Could Be Legalized This Year

Last week a marijuana legalization
initiative officially qualified for the ballot in Oregon. Voters
will also consider legalization measures in Alaska and (probably)
the District of Columbia this fall, so by the end of the year three
more jurisdictions could join Colorado and Washington in allowing
recreational use of cannabis. Jacob Sullum says the differences
among the five measures illustrate the advantages of federalism,
which allows policy experiments that will help chart the course to
the end of marijuana prohibition in America.

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