George Soros Gives $1 Million to Back Legalized-Marijuana Ballot Measure

well first i would like to say ,, marijuana should be legal as it is medicinal for many , and a whole lot less destructive than alcohol ..less addictive as well and well lets face it , the proceeds from the legalization of it , would stop underground drug trade for it , and the tax revenue would solve our national deficit within 5 years , as well as open up a whole new green industry employing many out of work people .. sounds like a win win situation to me .. cuz people are going to use it any way legal or not ,, to keep it illegal forces people to fuel the drug cartels inadvertently , why should our country not prosper from it , genesis 4;19 states god gave us every seed bearing plant to have dominion over .. and condones the usage , who is the rest of humanity to tell anyone they can't ??? IT IS A GOOD GREEN WAY TO SOLVE ALOT OF OUR PROBLEMS .. SO WAKE UP AMERICA AND SMELL THE BUDS.!!!!!!!!!!!!

If he really wanted to legalize it he would have spent his money in congress.

George Soros is not an American. Marijuana destroys the lives of young people. They smoke cigarettes and marijuana, and spend all their time getting high, leading to more sinful behavior. And George Soros, that rat, wants to feed their sinful lusts, because he is a child of the devil, a hell-bound sinner who hates God and worships the god of money to fill his fat belly with the carcasses of children who once had so much promise, yet now are middle aged and wandering aimlessly in the world. To hell with marijuana! George Soros is the enemy of America! May he follow marijuana into the lake of fire!

The legalization of pot is long overdue. Many people don't know this, but the original reason for making it illegal stems from racism against Mexicans. In the first half of the 20th century, the American Southwestern states had problems with illegal immigration (sound familiar?). A quick way to get rid of them was to make marijuana illegal, and then arrest and deport those illegal immigrants that were caught smoking it. Now, of course, what's keeping it illegal is the alcohol lobby, one of the most powerful lobbies in the country. The legalization of marijuana would cost the alcohol industry millions (perhaps billions) of dollars a year. Pot doesn't cause hangovers or liver damage, and as Todd said, it isn't the root cause of a lot of domestic violence like alcohol is. All that making marijuana illegal has accomplished is to create very wealthy, very powerful, and very violent drug cartels, just as prohibition made the American Mafia more powerful and wealthy. Making it legal has an incredible upside. First of all, the taxation of marijuana would bring in billions of tax dollars every year - I live in Colorado and one of the distributors here pays about $25000 a MONTH in taxes. Just think what thousands of such distributors would bring in to our record-deficit government. Second, it would take away billions of dollars from the drug cartels, making them much less powerful. The argument that marijuana is a "gateway drug" loses it's validity, if it has any. Right now most people get their pot from drug dealers. Making pot legal would take away the necessity of going to drug dealers, and cut the chain that leads from pot to actual dangerous drugs. Their is no TRUE downside to its legalization, other than the one for the alcohol industry. Right now, alcohol and cigarettes kill thousands of people every year in our country, and both are legal. Pot is far less dangerous than either of these substances, and legalizing marijuana is an idea whose time has come.

Marijuana is harmless compare to the so call man made drugs cocaine, meth, herion.

Alcohol drinkers,are more deadler then marijuana,smoker's.You can bet your life to whom ever is on the road driveing with an 299.their well be an death form of ect>>>eathier the drunk causeing an wreck on the any kind of street,or on the freeway driveing someone well 99% well die. And George Soros is right legalizing pot,and selling it in store like packs of cig and taxing it would save us taxpayer's the cost of incarcertion and law enforcement.Dallas Texas needs to really think hard about this one.

Whay do you think was in the "peace pipe" that indian tribes smoked.. Correct it was legal until 1954.. The effects compared to alcohol are minimal.. Fear based speculation should be removed when choosing a position on this subject..

It will never happen. It makes too much sense for our elected officials to adopt, opting to try and enforce the antiquated laws. Prohibition did not work, so we made it legal and taxed the hell out it. Smart move. Lets do it again...

All we need is a bunch of Spaced out Drivers on the highways and freeways. They are not responsible people when they are under the influence. If it's legalized oh man, how terrible life will be for us all.

Legalize marijuana in California? Other states will follow if it passes legislation. I can just see a bunch of cars headed there for a legal purchase of pot.