The drug war is a "miserable" failure and the federal government needs to take the lead on reforming marijuana policy, Houston Police Chief Charles McLelland said Friday in a radio interview.
Following the liberal footsteps of Colorado and Washington, Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia passed ballot initiatives to legalize marijuana this month.
CANNABIS CULTURE - In the 1920s, Maclean's magazine and other media portrayed opium and marijuana as tools used by Chinese and blacks to snare white women and dominate the white race.
CANNABIS CULTURE - More than 1.5 million people were arrested for drug offenses in the US last year, and more than 693,000 of those for marijuana offenses.