Ganja Me

Milton Friedman is no dopehead. But that's his hallowed name atop the list of more than 500 economists who've signed an open letter asking our Drug War-addled politicians to stop the prohibition of marijuana and instead legalize it and tax it.

The petition asks the president, Congress and state officials to wake up, smell the ganja and look honestly at "The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition," a report recently done by Harvard economics professor Jeffrey Miron.

Link.

We don't favor marijuan's legalization, but we detest the drug wars. We suspect the dislikes exclude each other. One will win out eventually, but for now, we're still cogitatin' on it.