Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Let My Sensimilla Be

Can national drug problems be better controlled by decriminalization? TIME magazine: "Judging by every metric, decriminalization in Portugal has been a resounding success," says Glenn Greenwald, an attorney, author and fluent Portuguese speaker, who conducted the research. "It has enabled the Portuguese government to manage and control the drug problem far better than virtually every other Western country does." That Western countries do not regulate and tax marijuana is a great boon to organized crime.