“The Old Grey Lady” Calls for Cannabis Reform

This week, the New York Times— once again—outwardly called for federal cannabis reform.  The editorial board of the publication ran a
piece on Sunday, and will be featuring a series on the topic throughout the
rest of the week.

The paper has been staunchly pro reform for
the last six months in particular, releasing a major editorial on reform demand
at the beginning of the year.  The paper,
however, clearly has its eyes set far beyond state politics in Albany.

It is a significant development in a year
that is beginning to be full of them. 
But it also marks the ongoing shift in conventional press as well as public
opinion in favor of reform.

With three states now voting on the issue
in November—Florida for full medical and Oregon and Alaska for recreational use—
the issue will continue to march in the forefront of voters attention through
the end of the year.

Given on-going international developments,
it is also very likely that the issue of federal reform, certainly on the
medical front, may be one of the most important issues of the 2016 presidential
campaign.  Legalization may also be a
potential game changer in the primaries or the general election.  At this point, the issues surrounding
legalization are bipartisan.

Either way, with the New York Times giving
a consistent and staunch stance behind reform, its obvious the zeitgeist is
changing.

Prohibition is on its way out.