Pubdate: Sun, 02 Dec 2012 Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) Copyright: 2012 Journal Sentinel Inc. Contact: http://www.jsonline.com/general/30627794.html Website: http://www.jsonline.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/265 Author: Gary Storck LEGALIZE MARIJUANA With the "fiscal cliff" looming, Congress finds itself contemplating many unpleasant and politically unpopular options including increasing taxes and cutting Social Security and Medicare. President Barack Obama is working to build public support for his proposals. Recent votes in Colorado and Washington State legalizing marijuana offer the president and Congress a route to both increasing revenues and saving billions now spent enforcing marijuana prohibition. Full national legalization of cannabis/hemp will provide millions of jobs and create multiple new green industries that will bring a new era of prosperity. A majority of Americans now support legal pot. Even the chief of the Indiana State Police recently opined that legalization makes sense. Ending cannabis prohibition is just the ticket for a soft landing off the fiscal cliff. Gary Storck Co-founder Is My Medicine Legal YET? Madison - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom