At NORML, we have always supported the right of individuals to grow their own marijuana, as a logical option compared to purchasing it from licensed dispensaries. On one hand, growing your own just makes common sense. We can brew up to 100 gallons of home-brew beer in our basements under current law, even if very few Americans actually make their own beer. The same should be true for cultivating our own marijuana... The decision in Washington was based on polling results that showed the initiative might well be in jeopardy if cultivation were included, as well as the opposition of some of their most influential sponsors, including the former US Attorney, John McKay. NORML worked behind the scenes to try to convince the draftees to include personal cultivation, but when we failed, we did the only responsible thing and endorsed the initiative, as drafted. As these laws have some time to take effect, voters will inevitably become more comfortable with legalization, and less concerned about these secondary issues such as personal cultivation. Whether we like it or not, most social change occurs in an incremental fashion, and we must be prepared to accept incremental change, with a firm commitment to return at a later time to further improve the law. Keith Stroup, 2014
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:44:23 +0000
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