By "Radical" Russ Belville on March 25, 2009
Assume that the feds remove marijuana from the drug schedules and completely leave it up to the states to set their own marijuana policy.
Assume that one by one, states will eventually have some form of marijuana legalization, from simply decriminalization (no sales, no growing, but no criminal record or jail for personal pot possession) all the way to full-on farmer’s markets packed with buds and people free to grow their own.
Given those assumptions, which US state would be the very last to enact at least decriminalization of marijuana? And why do you think that? Have you ever lived there or known someone who lived there?
My bet’s on Oklahoma or Utah. Why? Well, I’ve been to Utah and was baptized Mormon, and I’ve spoken at length with Norma Sapp from Oklahoma NORML about the state of cannabis culture there.
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I am the host of the NORML SHOW LIVE and The NORML Stash Blog. I'm married, live in Portland, Oregon, and I am a registered medical marijuana caregiver in this state. I've worked days as an IT geek and nights as a professional musician. Previously, I have been the host of my own political talk radio show on satellite radio. I've been the High Times "Freedom Fighter of the Month" for my work producing Oregon NORML's TV show, "A Cannabis Community Forum", and for helping to institute Portland's wildly successful medical marijuana cardholders meetings, where we help sick and disabled Oregonians acquire cannabis plant starts, learn gardening, and understand the medical marijuana law. I've dedicated my life to bringing an end to adult marijuana prohibition and re-legalizing cannabis hemp, and I'm honored to be chosen by NORML to be our daily voice.
Alcohol kills so many people every year in many different ways, and when you consume it, no big deal, but on the other hand when you smoke a harmless joint you are a low life and are locked up if cought. I mean you can not die if you use a certain amount of marajuana and alcohol has all of the side affects, not weed. Alcohol affects your judgement considerably and I’m not saying that weed does not but not even close to the effects of alcohol. I am a US Marine veteran and I have seen many wounded warriors and I have seen the way that marajuana helps them in many different ways. I am a very patriotic person but I have major concerns about our government, I mean this is suppose to be a free country but we are not even allowed to use something that grows naturally. If anything needs to be illegal it’s alcohol! I want to believe so but I am really not sure if they will ever pass that law.
I live in Oklahoma and I sure hope its not one of the last states to legalize marijuana. I don’t live in a really big town but there a lot of people here that would like it to be legalized. More than I can say would want to keep it illegal.