I wrote in my last post about Larry Haler and his position about what I’m going to start calling “Marijuana Reform” being a bit perplexing.  Now with all bills off the table in the Wa Legislature (of which I’m pretty certain Larry’s will be too), Lee notes something I think our local pols should be paying attention to.

Making that even more clear are the results of a SurveyUSA poll, which finds that 56% of Washington adults think that legalizing marijuana is a good idea (vs. only 36% who think it’s a bad idea). On top of that, the only demographic that remains strongly opposed is the 65 and over crowd. Even among those aged 50-64, SurveyUSA found that 63% think legalizing marijuana is a good idea. And even in Eastern Washington, they found that 52% think it’s a good idea.

I don’t really have a dog in this hunt in the fact I’m just not into the weed.  I have friends - staunch conservative friends no less - who feel the same as I do that Washington State should be trailblazing the issue of decriminalization and perhaps even legalizing pot.  I, like them, just feel that the current path of incarceration and the issues/violence associated with the prohibition flies in the face of the conversation we should be having about our current laws.  And in light of our legislators current zeal for the tea party folks and “listening” to them as a minority, they should be listening to the majority of their constituents as well.