Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense
Time Magazine in the US today features a great argument for the legalization of Marijuana. Check it out in full:
Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense
By Joe Klein Thursday, Apr. 02, 2009
Illustration of Uncle Sam smoking marijuana.
Illustration by Stephen Kroninger for TIME
For the past several years, I’ve been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom generation. We, who started on the path of righteousness, marching for civil rights and against the war in Vietnam, need to find an appropriately high-minded approach to life’s exit ramp. In this case, I mean the high-minded part literally. And so, a deal: give us drugs, after a certain age — say, 80 — all drugs, any drugs we want. In return, we will give you our driver’s licenses. (I mean, can you imagine how terrifying a nation of decrepit, solipsistic 90-year-old boomers behind the wheel would be?) We’ll let you proceed with your lives — much of which will be spent paying for our retirement, in any case — without having to hear us complain about our every ache and reflux. We’ll be too busy exploring altered states of consciousness. I even have a slogan for the campaign: “Tune in, turn on, drop dead.”
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