Judge Testifies for Marijuana Legalization in California

at a symposium on drug legalization during the brief time that our right wing/libertarian then-Governor Gary Johnson was on a lonely , practically one man crusade for an end to the insanity of the drug war. I'm ashamed as a Democrat,that many leading state Democratic officials vigorously opposed about the only sensible thing Gov. Johnson did ( or tried to do) in 8 years as Governor. The stupidity and waste of this "war on drugs" has unfortunately been one of the few successful bi-partisan efforts in American politics, and of course, for the wrong side of the issue. Locking up people who have done no harm, for nothing more than political expediency and grandstanding is something I expect from republicans, but most mainstream Democratic "leaders" are just as guilty of this as the repubs, and in the case of our state, more ( although a couple of years ago our majority Democratic legislature did pass; barely, and Gov. Richardson signed , a medicinal marijuana bill ). Glad to see Judge Gray ( a long-time republican himself until becoming a Libertarian) is still out there trying to get elected officials to listen to , and act with, common sense.

Thanks for the thread, Xicano.