I’m seriously asking. Some friends who follow marijuana policy more closely than they follow politics at large are rather excited by this development:
Delaware took a major step Thursday toward becoming the ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana use.
State legislators unveiled a bill that would allow state residents 21 and older to purchase up to an ounce of cannabis from dozens of stores that would be authorized to sell marijuana manufactured at a number of Delaware grow operations.
“House Bill 110 creates an entirely new industry in our state,” said Rep. Helene Keeley, D-South Wilmington. “As the only state in a seven-hour drive to have legalized marijuana, we would become a destination that would attract out-of-state sales, which would have a benefit to our Delaware businesses.”
It sounds sweet on its face, right? $22 million in Revenue… end the racist “war on drugs” , etc… but between John “I never met an issue I couldn’t coffee klatch to death” Carney, Jeff Sessions, the Police Chiefs, and the prison industrial complex, I wonder if the high fives are seriously premature.
