Topic: DRUGS - on November 2, 2009 at 5:16:00 PM CET
On the quiet, the US is legalising marijuana
The humble joint can save lives. We look forward to the end of senseless prohibition
You know things are shifting in America when Fortune magazine, the bible for business journalism, runs a cover story titled “Is pot already legal?”. You also know it when Barack Obama’s Department of Justice publishes a long-expected memo signalling that the federal government will no longer raid medical marijuana dispensaries if they are legal under state law. That happened formally this month.