As feds acquiesce on marijuana, might the South legalize?
Ask a Southerner when states in the former Confederacy will legalize recreational marijuana and youre likely to get a chuckle and a bemused shake of the head. Not happenin soon, son, is a common reply.
While a growing number of states mostly out West and up in New England are on a legalization path after the Department of Justices decision to shrug its shoulders at state regulation (as long as it doesnt involve kids, the black market, or federal property), none of them so far are in the South, where bedrock Baptist morals still push, not always successfully, against the sin of intoxication.
But look a little closer at Dixies denizens and one sees small but potent signs of a legalization groundswell, in part fueled by the Souths unique contributions to marijuana culture and prohibition. In Texas and all over the South, there are a lot Willie Nelson-style social and cultural outlaw attitudes, all of which overlap with Ron Paul libertarianism.
Indeed, some marijuana policy experts argue that Southern states may begin deciding to regulate instead of ban the use of the cannabis plant for medical and recreational purposes.
http://news.yahoo.com/feds-acquiesce-marijuana-might-south-legalize-165731657.html
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)to help offset the DEA goon squad SWAT personnel who are "fiercely" reacting
negatively to Holder's announcement of lightening up on legalized weed states.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Other than Willie Nelson and the city of Austin......what, exactly?