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RE: How the US drug war is now ending
Thanks for your kind words. I appreciate your response. I think there is plenty of evidence that we have reached a sort of event horizon, point of no return, in public awareness of the harm of the war on drugs. The public also seems to be doubtful of the claimed harm of schedule I substances. From this point forward, I think we can expect further deregulation. Though the corporate, cartel, and government interests are clearly in opposition to decriminalization or deregulation, it is already baked in the cake. We can expect continued resistance to decriminalization. However, this resistance to the will of the governed will be very short lived. We're are just years or perhaps months away from the de facto end of the war on drugs.
Agreed. I think we are about 2 years away from that in Canada. Our laws are changing rapidly. All licensed medical cannabis users were just granted the "right to grow" their own medicine on Aug. 11, 2016. We are waiting for our government to release the rules and regs which is set for release Aug. 24th. This is a huge "win". The next piece will be getting the "dispensary vs licensed producer" thing sorted and as another layer our government has promised full legalization by April, 2017.
No kidding aside, our government is not doing this for the good of humanity. They are doing this because they know they can't stop it and they recognize the revenue potential of it. Colorado is the model our government is following and it's all about the tax dollars.