The Buzz About Legalization

Of late, Andrew Sullivan's blog has been brimming with testimonials called "The Cannabis Closet" (see here here here and here for starters) of marijuana-users who attempt to make the case that their responsible lifestyles coupled with their marijuana use should make it plain to all that we should legalize marijuana. This is odd logic indeed. Will Wilkinson even chimed in, albeit rather awkwardly. The thinly veiled reference to the "closet" for homosexuals is lazy; marijuana-users necessarily hide their activities because they are illicit. Interestingly, Clenn Greenwald has a paper out at Cato analyzing Portugal's decriminalization policies and their effects over the past seven years.