Weed is now legal in Washington and Colorado

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/0 ... 82260.html
Election Day is finally here and Colorado is not only a key swing state in the battle for the presidency, by the end of Tuesday, voters could legalize marijuana for recreational use, effectively ending marijuana prohibition in the state and forever altering a decades long drug war.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/201211 ... /711069805
Washington voters made their state the first in the nation to legalize recreational pot use Tuesday, setting up a showdown with a federal government that backs the drug's prohibition.
UPDATE:
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/artic ... eferendums
While the general election might not break partisan gridlock in Congress, it could result in historic changes for U.S. social policy: Several states had a chance to be the first to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote and to legalize recreational use of marijuana.

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I have a new favorite state <3

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Why you lurking my page brah?

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My uncle Jim is going to be thrilled with this news.

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It didn't pass in Oregon. :cry:

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Sweet
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Always wanted to go to Seattle, now I have a reason :-D
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This is a fucking joke

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banepants wrote:This is a fucking joke
No.

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Allstar wrote:
banepants wrote:This is a fucking joke
No.
I'm open to having someone tell me why this is a good thing.

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