Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana…

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Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration...

Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration...

My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their...

My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their...

When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways,...

When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways,...

Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue...

Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue...

Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their...

Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their...

The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal...

The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal...

There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and...

There is a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. The policies of the Bush administration and...

Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere...

Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere...

To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic...

To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic...

If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it's much harder to find them. So...

If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, it's much harder to find them. So...

An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of...

An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of...

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired...

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired...

The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger...

The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger...

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in...

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in...

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can...

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can...

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The...

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The...

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need...

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need...

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values.

President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values.