2016: Historic Victories And Devastating Setbacks In Fight Against Failed Drug War
For the last seven years I have written an end-of-year piece about the top stories of the year in the fight to end our disastrous war on drugs.
2016 has been a strange, difficult year. We've accomplished more historic victories than ever -- but they're now overshadowed by the election of Donald Trump and the despair he is primed to wreak on our most vulnerable communities.
Here's my take on this year's most important victories and its most enormous setbacks.
Marijuana Legalization Wins Big on Election Night
This Election Day was a watershed moment for the movement to end marijuana prohibition. Overall, legalization initiatives prevailed in four out of five states, and medical marijuana initiatives prevailed in all four states this year.
California, Nevada, Massachusetts and Maine all rejected prohibition and opted to tax and regulate marijuana instead. Florida, Arkansas, North Dakota and Montana also...
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