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Making the conservative case for ending pot prohibition in California

By Douglas A. Berman

A helpful reader forwarded to me this recent local commentary from California, which is headlined "Right should back pot measure."  Here are parts of the arguments made by the authors: California conservatives in November should support Proposition 19, a ballot initiative that would remove criminal penalties for the possession, cultivation, and private use of marijuana by adults. And this support should be based on core conservative principles such as free markets, limited government and the rule of law. The economic argument for legalization ought to be persuasive for most clear-thinking conservatives. Simply put, the current prohibition of cannabis has produced few if any social benefits while the costs of prohibition have been outrageously expensive...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 12, 2010 (boomark / email).