Last week, the House of Representatives voted 220-204 to approve the MORE Act, which would end the federal prohibition of marijuana. While the bill certainly isn’t perfect, it’s preferable to prohibition, which is why it’s unfortunate that only one California Republican member of Congress, Rep. Tom McClintock, voted in support.
For decades, the United States federal government has waged a losing battle against marijuana.
Most American adults have tried marijuana despite the best efforts of the government — which has entailed the arrest of millions of Americans, including several hundreds of thousands per year, countless raids and international interdiction efforts.
