It's boom times for American weed. Yesterday both Washington and Colorado voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Both ballot measures passed by comfortable margins.
From Time:
The initiatives represent an increased public push for legalization; a 2011 Gallup poll found that 50% of Americans are in favor of marijuana legalization, up from just 12% in 1969.
This likely means increased production to meet newly legal needs, which likely means more impact on the environment.
Since prohibition created the illegal and violent drug trade, it only makes sense that ending prohibition would drive costs down while ending the violence attached to it.
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