Montana Jury Stages 'Mutiny' In Marijuana Case

[RainDog]

20. the states are bringing it to the DEA

with three now petitioning to reschedule cannabis from I (no medical value) to II (medical value.)

That's a start - that's how prohibition of alcohol ended, as states chose to ignore federal law and more and more "wets" gained power over "drys" in this nation and used their voting blocs to force the issue.

If the feds don't adjust the laws, there may well come a time when the "cannabis lobby" will demand a plank on the liberal platform or else withhold support - that's the way power politics work. We're not there yet. However, when you have a majority in favor of the repeal of a law, well, at least back in the prohibition era this was true.. when democracy speaks, pols have to listen. If they don't, they lose.

It's hard to not have things happen RIGHT NOW - but the reality is that, since the advent of the information age, more and more people support the end of cannabis prohibition. the reason, imo, is that more and more information is available to overcome the propaganda put out by the "War on Drugs" supporters like the Beer and Alcohol Industry.

More studies are available for those who know how to read them. More doctors are saying publicly what they formerly only said in private consultation with their patients.

People who are honest about this issue know the U.S. cannot arrest its way out of the problem of harmful drug use - such things as heroin or crack, or win the propaganda war by arresting people for something less harmful than alcohol.

Change can come suddenly. Think of the fall of the Berlin Wall.