US votes on cannabis legalization

Drug policy earthquake in the US predicted for 6 November

02/11/2012

On November 6, Americans will not only elect a new president, they will also vote on the full legalization of cannabis in some states. According to recent opinion polls, these initiatives in Colorado and Washington lead by a whopping majority.

„Tax and Regulate“, tax and regulate, ie legally organize the entire marijuana market from production to delivery to the consumer; no less are these votes.

With such a referendum began in the 90s, the triumphal march of the „medical marijuana“ in the USA. Meanwhile, the use of hemp flowers as a medicine in 17 US states is legal and it is constantly adding more. Thousands of dispensaries now serve the patients. This has an impact on the discussion of cannabis as a medicine worldwide.

As the full legalization initiatives come to fruition, this will shake up global cannabis prohibition. The US will fail as the engine of this repressive policy and show that regulation of the cannabis market is possible despite all international treaties. „These votes are for us the event of the year. The legalization in Colorado and Washington will beat waves in the medium term to Germany. This is the beginning of the end of the worldwide prohibition of cannabis, "said Georg Wurth of the German Hemp Association. (Pm)

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Image: Henning Hraban Ramm