Is Joe Kennedy who we need for 2020?

[Warren DeMontague]

66. Ah, Prohibition and the drug war have social costs, too.

If you're from California you should be well aware that Marijuana use didn't spring up out of nowhere the minute people started talking about legalization. Especially someone who takes their username from a Bob Dylan lyric.

I grew up in a place where it was still criminalized, and it was easier to find as a teen than alcohol. By far.

Alcohol has a FUCKTON of social costs, but did prohibition solve any of them? No, people still drank. The only difference was, the alcohol trade was made more lucrative and was taken over by Al Capone types.

Legalization WORKS. And the voters of Joe Kennedy's state - same as the voters in California- have voted for it. He should listen to his constituents.

I would recommend you pay attention to what happens starting Jan 1. of Next year in CA. And, specifically, what doesn't happen. Very little is likely to change with the availability of recreational, regulated cannabis for sale to adults, except that tax revenues will increase.

As for "bashing"- not fawning all over this guy just because he's got a good last name and good hair doesn't equal "bashing". Seems to me we're trying to bump someone to the front of the line based upon pedigree, and he's a wealthy hetero white male to boot.


Shouldn't someone be "checking their privilege", here?