On Tuesday 6 November, the number of marijuana-friendly states went up to 33, as Michigan voters passed a bill to decriminalize the use of recreational cannabis while Utah and Missouri legalized medicinal cannabis.
For medical marijuana, the journey to national legalization dates back to1996 when Californians passed Proposition 215. The Prop 215 was a medicinal-marijuana ballot that came during Clinton’s reign when the war on drugs was severe and included draconian criminal charges and Tipper Gore’s attempts to stop rappers from including weed leaves from on the covers of their albums.
But Prop 215 had equally powerful sponsors—including George Soros. Soros was a billionaire advocate who used his finances to back the ballot initiative drafted by a pot dealer (and AIDS activist) in San Francisco who smoked up the great hall of the California State Legislature.
Two decades later, we now see more and more cannabis dispensaries around the US … Read More