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While war rages abroad and inflation ravages pocketbooks at home, the US House of Representatives found time to pass the MORE Act – the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act last week. Three Republicans: Florida US Reps. Matt Gaetz and Brian Mast, along with their California colleague, Tom McClintock, joined 217 Democrats to narrowly pass […]
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As noted in yesterday’s The Daily Shot, the Supreme Court finally ruled in the case of 
Last year, Colorado legalized the recreational use of marijuana, thanks to a popular initiative. I was happy with the voters’ decision, even though I’m not a fan of weed and would recommend people avoid it. Our society doesn’t need another way to avoid reality, but the drug war has staggering costs, both in personal freedom and government spending. That’s why I’m happy to see a few states roll back the restrictions on something as commonplace as pot.
For a movement that prides itself on nuance, the Left is remarkably — if unsurprisingly — uninterested in questions of cost, externality, and unintended consequences. Once they’ve identified something as a good, the only remaining issue is marshaling the will to see it through; the details will sort themselves out.
