The end of the war on marijuana

On Tuesday, voters in Washington state and Colorado legalized recreational marijuana
Roger A. Roffman, professor emeritus of social work at the University of Washington and a sponsor of I-502
CNN (US)
Friday, November 9, 2012

initiative-502The historic measure to regulate and tax marijuana in Washington State deserves to be looked at closely as a model of how legalization ought to be designed and implemented elsewhere in America. We've turned a significant corner with the approval of Initiative 502, which purposefully offers a true public health alternative to the criminal prohibition of pot. (See also: I-502 Fact Sheet from ACLU)