Should Prohibition Go Up In Smoke?
State legislators propose full legalization of marijuana, which would be taxed and regulated like alcohol.
It is time again to end a useless prohibition, according to two legislators who have proposed legalizing marijuana. Rep. Edith Ajello and Sen. Donna Nesselbush announced Wednesday they have proposed legislation to legalize marijuana possession in Rhode Island for adults age 21 and older. Pot would be regulated and taxed similar to alcohol under their proposal. The legislation follows last year's decriminalization of marijuana possession in Rhode Island, due to go into effect this spring. “It is time for Rhode Island to put the failed policy of marijuana prohibition behind us and adopt a more sensible approach just as our nation did with alcohol 80 years ago,” Ajello said in a prelease. “Regulating marijuana like alcohol will take marijuana…
Jack Baillargeron
3:45 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
I agree, time to do it and llet the chips fall where they may. You have more control of a product when it is legal then illegal anyway. So lets try it. For clarity I have always been in favor of Medical pot, and on the fence on the totality due to the fact I wanted to see realistic ways they were going to regulate it. I.E. DCYF charging parents with abuse for smoking around young children or … more ›