With enough generations having had the chance to understand that the 1930s movie "Reefer Madness" was anti-drug propaganda and that the "War on Drugs" is clearly not a war that can be successfully fought, let alone won, isn't it time Connecticut takes a genuinely fresh look at marijuana laws?

A number of recent news articles have made me scratch my head in wonder. The first was a few weeks back about how there is a growing population of illegal immigrants from Mexico who are growing vast marijuana crops deep in California's forests. Fueled by the demand, and lucrative payoff, from us Americans, these men (and women perhaps) are able to thwart authorities. The defenses set up by these growers put our brave law enforcement folks in grave danger. There are explosive traps set around the crops and the bandits are heavily armed.

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