The only thing that could make marijuana prohibition a greater tragedy would be if we failed to learn from it, because, as George Santayana, the Spanish-American philosopher, said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Or something like that.
Consequently, below is a slightly updated article I published on MarijuanaNews.com (now offline being edited) in 2003.
I hope readers will see a relevance to the broader political context today.
In April of 2003, the entire Drug War establishment seemed to be in a major panic over the prospect of Maryland lowering the penalty for possession of one ounce of cannabis to a $100 fine for people who can prove medical necessity.
Frankly, the bill was such a farce that it would have done little to help most patients, but one would think that it was making cannabis mandatory for toddlers. Why such a reaction to such an inconsequential bill?
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Full article here:
https://www.newsweek.com/amplify/war-cannabis-cult-what-can-we-learn-about-american-politics