Reno News & Review Endorses Question 7

Reno's alternative weekly, the Reno News & Review, has endorsed Question 7. As the editorial eloquently states, taxing and regulating marijuana makes a lot more sense than the failed policy of prohibition.

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The fact is, the prohibition against marijuana has to end in this country, and that's why we endorse Question 7 (Regulation of Marijuana Initiative), which will make possession of up to one ounce of Mary Jane legal in Nevada for people over 21 years old. (OK, there's more to it than that, check out www.regulatemarijuana.org.) With all the important things we have to worry about, it doesn't make sense to spend one more cent of resources persecuting a mostly innocuous and private activity. Don't prohibit it, regulate it. American citizens have been irreparably harmed by the so-called War on Drugs. There are dozens of reasons for ending prohibition and not that many for keeping it.

Hear, hear. CRCM is thrilled that the people of Nevada support a reasonable marijuana policy for our state. The Reno News & Review is the second newspaper to endorse Question 7, after the Lahontan Valley News and Fallon Eagle Standard, which endorsed our initiative in June.

Can you help make sure we pass Question 7 on November 7? Please join our historic campaign to end marijuana prohibition in Nevada. Register to vote, volunteer, donate.