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Brookings Institution on Colorado Pot Legalization: ‘Resounding Success’

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“Author John Hudak calls the implementation of the new Colorado law ‘a resounding success.’ He continues, ‘My research shows that regardless of the merits of the policy itself, Colorado has created a smart regulatory system that balances safety and security with access to legal marijuana.’  The report’s conclusion: ‘Among the many successful pieces of Colorado’s regulatory system are effective seed-to-sale product tracking, a vertically integrated market, and strict limits on purchase quantity’. Despite a largely successful rollout of the policy, however, the report details a few trouble spots, including ‘homegrown’ plants and the different tax rates between retail and medical marijuana.”

http://norml.org/news/2014/08/08/brookings-institution-on-colorado-s-legalization-of-marijuana-resounding-success

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Up in Smoke

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“Americans have changed their minds about pot. In less than a generation, public opinion has turned against the drug laws that banned marijuana, a historic shift in attitudes away from prohibition and penalties. In two U.S. states — Washington and Colorado — pot is now legal for recreational use, driving the debate about how it should best be regulated, consumed and taxed as it gains acceptance across the U.S. and in other countries.  Voters in Alaska and Oregon will weigh ballot measures this year. Arizona, Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana and California — the largest state by population — may consider the next wave of pot referendums in 2016.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/marijuana-laws-go-up-in-smoke/

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Gerald Celente on Marijuana Legalization and OccupyPeace

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“We’re initiating a project called OccupyPeace.us. And it’s based on three words: No foreign entanglements. Those are the three words spoken by the Founding Fathers of this country. We want to rebuild America and the way we want to do it is we’re working to build an OccupyPeace movement based on no foreign entanglements and we’re working to push the United States more in line with a direct democracy like Switzerland. You want to go to war? Let the people vote. You want a defense budget? Let the people vote on it. You want to bail out the banks? Let the people vote. If we can bank online we can vote online. It could be more open than any other system in the world.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/exclusive-interviews/35448/Anthony-Wile-Gerald-Celente-on-Marijuana-Legalization-OccupyPeace-and-the-Solution-to-Government-Gangsterism/

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Liberty, NORML and Marijuana Legalization vs. Decriminalization

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“There has always been a market for marijuana. In many ways, it’s a product that, for decades, has literally sold itself. When the day comes that state and federal laws allow for the licensed production and commercial distribution of cannabis, it is likely that the majority of the cannabis consuming public will choose that legal, above-ground product over a black market, illicit product. And in that respect, there will be an opportunity for licensed entrepreneurs and businesses, and for the investors backing those entrepreneurs and businesses, to get in at the ground floor of what will certainly be a lucrative market that enjoys consistent high levels of public demand.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/exclusive-interviews/35378/Anthony-Wile-Paul-Armentano-on-Individual-Liberty-NORML-and-Marijuana-Legalization-vs-Decriminalization/

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San Francisco voters just voted to make housing less affordable

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“Yesterday, San Francisco voters handily voted in favor of Measure B. That’s a ballot initiative that will make it more difficult to construct tall buildings on the San Francisco waterfront by requiring buildings over a certain size to obtain voter approval via referendum.  Thanks to the miraculous technology of the elevator, it is perfectly possible for lots of people to live and work in a small geographical area via the mechanism of tall buildings. But when tall buildings are banned, space becomes scarcer. And when space is scarce, the tendency is that the richest people around will be the ones who are able to bid for it.”

http://www.vox.com/2014/6/4/5778696/measure-b-san-francisco-will-reduce-affordability

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Oklahoma medical marijuana petition drive underway for November

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“There’s a new push to legalize medical marijuana in Oklahoma. Supporters went door-to-door Monday afternoon in Norman to help get the needed signatures to get a proposal on the November ballot. They need more than 155,000 signatures from registered voters, and they’ve only got 90 days to get them.  ‘I talked to the legislature back in February. Nobody would hear the bill; nobody would even talk to us about it, so we are taking it to the people,’ said Norma Sapp, one of the supporters asking for signatures on Monday.  The 90-day period to get the signatures needed ends in mid-August. You can find more information here: Http://legalizeok.org/”

http://www.koco.com/news/petition-drive-underway-to-get-medicinal-marijuana-on-november-ballot/26178396

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Jacob Hornberger: A Glimmer of Light from Switzerland

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“What about the Swiss unemployment rate? It ranges from 2-3 percent. Compare that to a permanent unemployment rate of 40 percent for black teenagers in the United States, who are locked out of the labor market by the federal government’s minimum-wage laws.  America is mired in a debate over how much the minimum wage should be raised. That’s the wrong debate. The debate should be over whether the minimum wage should be abolished entirely. And it should be! Perhaps the Swiss defeat of a national minimum wage for their country will shed some light on the direction the United States should take.”

http://fff.org/2014/05/20/a-glimmer-of-light-from-switzerland/

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Swiss voters reject world’s highest minimum wage, block fighter jets

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“Swiss voters on Sunday rejected proposals to introduce the world’s highest minimum wage and spend $3.5 billion buying new Gripen fighter jets from Saab.  About 76 percent of voters in the wealthy nation dismissed the proposal made by Swiss union SGB and backed by the Socialist and Green parties for a minimum wage of 22 Swiss francs ($25) per hour, final results showed.  Some 53 percent blocked a plan to replace Switzerland’s aging fleet of fighter jets with 22 Gripen jets from Saab. Just over 55 percent of those eligible voted, the government said.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-swiss-vote-20140518,0,1797001.story

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The Future of Countries

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“We tend to forget that, although the world map has looked more or less the same since the end of World War II, it has been the norm, throughout history, for large parcels of property to change hands fairly often. Boundaries move. Countries become larger, smaller, or disappear altogether. Large empires are created, swallowing up smaller countries, sometimes lasting for 200 years or more, then inexorably breaking up into smaller remnants.  Certainly we are heading into a period of dramatic change—economic change, social change, and certainly political change. Whenever such a period occurs in history, changes in the lines on the map inevitably also occur.”

http://www.internationalman.com/articles/the-future-of-countries

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The Real Reason to Welcome Secession

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“Borders change over time. And humans, when given the opportunity, tend to choose to live independently in smaller and more internally cohesive groups. That’s a big reason why there are more than 200 countries in existence today, versus around 70 in 1945.  And the process continues.  What makes the residents of places like Catalonia, Scotland, and Texas so anxious to separate themselves from their respective national governments? Humans have a fundamental drive to seek personal autonomy, and that drive carries over into our social and political lives. And, of course, smaller governments are more accountable than larger ones.”

http://www.nestmann.com/the-real-reason-to-welcome-secession

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