Oh yeah our government is definitely run by lobbyists and capitalism. Fortunately the lobbyists don't have 100% power, as elected officials still need to get elected by the population in order to follow the wishes of the lobbyists, so the elected officials do need to follow the requests of the voting population to some extent. If, for example, Howard Dean was elected President, marijuana would be at least somewhat legal by now.
Crispyfried Reviewed by Crispyfried on . So more legalization in States = Federal legalization? Doesn't it make sense that there will be at least some degree of federal decriminalization when a good amount of states have decriminalization? It seems that a democracy should have federal laws that coincide with the State laws. The more deviation there is, the more it's the federal government that is the entity that is breaking the law because it is not following the will of the majority of the country. So since there are more an more states that are legalizing medical marijuana and Rating: 5