Følgende står at læse i dagens udgave af New York Times:
"It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished. It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol."
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014 ... ation.htmlDisse linjer er starten på en leder, hvor der argumenteres for hurtig legalisering af cannabis. Det var pokkers! Og endda i en konservativ Republikaneravis, som altid har støttet "War on Drugs". Men det er da tilladt at blive klogere. Bare det nu også vil gælde de hjemlige politiske blokhoveder.