For the time being, I'm going to ignore the progress on medical marijuana and concentrate mostly on the current recreational legalization efforts.
But I think a co-factor in the current pot legalization warp is that Americans are seeing that 1.5percentt of their population is currently living in a jail cell and the citizenry is understanding that this is simply nuts.
Another recent report predicted the legal weed market could generate $35 billion a year by 2020 if current legalization trends continue.
With current legalization efforts creating a framework for a safety control system we can work together to get rid of the risk coming from smoking inferior and mixed marijuana.
Donald Morse, director of the Oregon Cannabis Business Council and the owner of the Human Collective dispensary, told VICE News the current result of legalization is "not the black market as most people visualize it," but friends buying from and selling to each other, often relying on those who have access to medical marijuana.
But that's not to say, despite the current momentum, that universal legalization of aid in dying is just around the corner.
The current wave of marijuana legalization proposals taxes at wholesale by weight -- grams, ounces or pounds.
Indeed, if the debate over marijuana policy consists only of legalization versus prohibition, the current stalemate could remain for several years.
56percentt of delegates to the Denver County Republican Assembly voted to support Amendment 64 in March of this year, and in April, the Colorado Democratic Party officially endorsed Amendment 64, adding a marijuana legalization plank to the current party platform in the process.
It's immensely important that prior marijuana offenders see the benefits of the move toward legalization, but in the current climate, it could mean the difference between bipartisan support and a liberal uphill battle.
