Marijuana has a good chance of being legalized in California on election day — and that influx of young or younger voters could even help Democrats at the ballot box. It’s also on the ballot in Colorado.
Portugal decriminalized recreational drugs 10 years ago. Are there lessons there for American lawmakers? GO HERE for more on Portugal and its experience.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.