The Washington Post loves weed

I've been reading the Washington Post for the majority of my adult life and one thing I can say about what I've read in the last ten days is this: The Post is secretly endorsing the legalization of marijuana, completely, without the term "medical" associated with it. Essentially, they're for getting rid of Pot Prohibition on a whole.

Don't believe me? Well, let's look at a few examples of the articles they published in the last fortnight. Let's start with the article that claims that the majority of older adults between 40-68 actually either smoke pot or don't find it dangerous. They are referred to as a "silent majority" (sound familiar?). Then there's the article on the front page of the Style section today called "School of Pot" that showcases a Medical Marijuana College in Michigan that actually teaches students how to properly grow and cook "killer dope" (their words, not mine). In that article they go on to explain how for $475 and six weeks of a persons time, they too can become a "caregiver" aka weed grower in Michigan, in accordance with state laws.

These are just two examples of the many articles published these last ten days or so. In my opinion, it sounds like the Post has chosen a side and hasn't declared it yet. Cryptic, yes, but at least they've got the balls to publish the articles.

What do you think this means? Could it be that one of the nations most recognizable publications went hippie? Are they taking money from The Marijuana Growers Associations of America? NORML? Cheech and Chong? Herald and Kumar? Who knows? What I think it means is the Washington Post and its writers and staffers know what it could mean if this stuff actually did get Green Lit to go legal. Pun intended. Oakland and their Measure F is showing the rest of the country that a hefty profit in new taxes is indeed a reality with their new 400k plus dollars weed tax revenue stream that was created less than a year ago. If the rest of the 13 states currently immune to Federal law got on board and taxed their pot sales too, we'd be talking about billions of dollars. If the entire country somehow wised up and made the God Plant legal, there would be no more recession. I'm not being dramatic. Do the numbers.