You want to know how marijuana is going to get legalized?  It’s going to happen on the state and local level; and we have California and their defiance of federal law to thank for starting the localization movement.  The federal government, which has become nothing more than a finely tuned group of organized criminals, makes far too much on marijuana being illegal that we should just give up hope of them ever legalizing it–at most they’ll legalize medicinal marijuana, even though it looks like the pharmaceutical companies will get to push their THC pills on everyone before that happens.  But given all the fines and fees that the government pulls in from every pothead cuffed and processed, it makes zero sense to sit back and hope the aliens in Congress will ever let common sense override greed and tradition.  Besides, on the local level people actually have the ability to affect change.

For instance, Oakland voters “overwhemingly approved” of a bill that will place a business tax on marijuana.   Civilians in Jacksonville Beach, Florida have proposed an amendment that will decriminalize possession of less than 20 grams, taking it from a civil infraction to a criminal misdemeanor, which would only result in a $100 fine.  Similar bills have been proposed throughout the country, some dropping dead on the legislative floor while others passed (Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Oregon).   However, what this is a sign of is that people are finally starting to realize the federal government really doesn’t give a damn about antiquated laws that are a direct assault on civil liberties.  Besides, the federal government has shown their ability to directly affect the lives of citizens is limited to wars and tax cuts/hikes; the money for social programs seems to never be spent effectively as its often a different figure by the time it reaches the project it’s supposed to be funding after going down the line of politicians and lobbyists.

To limit the localization movement to just drug laws would be a incredibly narrow-minded thing to do.  Localization is what the founding fathers wanted and it is what all citizens in every state and every town should be working towards.  Make your town self-sufficient and it will become a better place to live.  It will be a healthier and cleaner place, and one that is more efficient.  Politicians like the scum from New Jersey won’t be able to steal taxpayer money if all the money is accounted for by dilligent citizens trying to put a greenhouse in their town or installing solar panels on all the municipal buildings.  Localization is the way to America’s prosperity, not a reliance on organized criminals sitting in big, secure buildings waiting for the day they retire to their big, secluded and secure homes that were paid for with our money.  Down with Donkeys and Elephants and up with the People.  Localize before it’s too late.