Is the Pot Wall Crumbling

Voters in Washington and Colorado have passed measures to decriminalize possession of marijuana for recreational use.   Now five other states are considering introducing similar legislation.

Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts are looking at legalizing pot.  So too is Ohio.

Two Mexican think tanks say the actions of Washington and Colorado voters may do more damage to Mexico's narco-cartels than the "war on drugs" ever achieved.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Mulgrew+Drug+dominoes+begin+topple/7555366/story.html#ixzz2CWCnOPlb

What didn’t seem remotely possible a fortnight ago suddenly seems inevitable.
Lawmakers in Rhode Island and Maine said they intend to introduce marijuana legalization bills for debate next year, politicians in Vermont and Massachusetts indicated they will, too, and Ohio may join them.
Since even homegrown smuggled from Colorado and Washington would be far cheaper than B.C. Bud or Mexican schwag, with the exception of a few border states, the Sinaloa cartel could soon lose up to half its total income from American cannabis consumers.
A Mexican think-tank says the two states may do more damage to the country’s bloodthirsty narcoterrorists than the war on drugs came close to achieving.


Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Mulgrew+Drug+dominoes+begin+topple/7555366/story.html#ixzz2CWCnOPlb

 

 

What didn’t seem remotely possible a fortnight ago suddenly seems inevitable.
Lawmakers in Rhode Island and Maine said they intend to introduce marijuana legalization bills for debate next year, politicians in Vermont and Massachusetts indicated they will, too, and Ohio may join them.
Since even homegrown smuggled from Colorado and Washington would be far cheaper than B.C. Bud or Mexican schwag, with the exception of a few border states, the Sinaloa cartel could soon lose up to half its total income from American cannabis consumers.
A Mexican think-tank says the two states may do more damage to the country’s bloodthirsty narcoterrorists than the war on drugs came close to achieving.


Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Mulgrew+Drug+dominoes+begin+topple/7555366/story.html#ixzz2CWCnOPlb