Roundup: Debating pot prohibition

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The Houston Chronicle's Baker Institute Blog has recently published a series of pro and con posts on marijuana legalization that may interest Grits readers:

• Marijuana: A case against legalization
• Why legalizing marijuana is a bad idea
• Marijuana won’t be legalized anytime soon
• Regulations work: Lessons from California’s experience with medical marijuana
• Legalization of marijuana: When, not if
• In a contest with alcohol and tobacco, marijuana wins
• Marijuana: A case for legalization

From Jacob Sullum at Reason, "The Marijuana Rebellion: State ballot initiatives aimed at legalizing pot pose new challenge to prohibition."
In Colorado, where a marijuana legalization initiative is on the ballot, the Denver Post recently published this pair of pro and con op eds: "Amendment 64: Should pot be legal in Colorado? No; Colorado can't put our kids at risk" and "Amendment 64: Should pot be legal in Colorado? Yes; End senseless marijuana prohibition"
And in Washington State, where another legalization initiative is on the ballot, the Seattle Times published an editorial titled, "Approve Initiative 502 — It’s time to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana."