US WA: Editorial: Here's Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense

Yakima Herald-Republic, 13 Aug 2011 – The call to legalize cannabis continues to grow louder despite all of the other problems our country is currently facing. Mainstream polls indicate almost 50 percent of Americans favor full-out legalization, and nearly 80 percent believe that marijuana should be available for medicinal purposes. No one has ever died from simply using marijuana.