Paul Armentano: Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized

The public is ready for a new approach.   It's time for politicians to call for a truce in the so-called war on drugs. According to a 2010 investigation by the Associated Press, lawmakers have spent over $1 trillion dollars enforcing the drug war. Their actions have resulted in a quadrupling of the U.S. prison population since 1980, but little  ... MORE