Legalize it...I'll advertise it!

[electronjohn]

Over on AK a spirited, well-thought-out discussion has been going on regarding "Marijuana...the new growth industry". Posters have done a fine job avoiding politics in the discussion...but the question of how to legalize it must necessarily involve politics.

This subject has been the proverbial "third rail" of politics...no one's willing to touch it. So...the question arises: How to accomplish the COMPLETE (not the "medical" subterfuge) legalization of this humble herb?

Estimates of the number of folks who enjoy a bit of "mezz", "ganja", "left-wing Luckies" vary...but most peg the number at 60-75 million people. I'm thinking it's probably closer to 100 million, but, either way, that's a LOT of people.

NORML & others have campaigned for a long time with little effect. Right now, it looks like California (who else!) is leading the way. But...state by state isn't the way. It has to be a national effort.

What will it take? A million (or more) person "smoke-in" on The Mall in D.C.?
The President firing one up on national TV?