美国大麻合法化蔓延的动因与影响

Abstract:Since the beginning of this century，the movement to legalize marijuana in the U.S. has spread quickly. By the end of 2014，of all the 50 states，23 states and Washington D.C. had issued the act of marijuana legalization or completed referendum. The success is hitherto unknown. The occurrence of this situation is a result of prevailing liberalism，troublesome local finance，and more conflicts in the political and judicial systems，etc. The marijuana legalization is a major breakthrough on the federal prohibition of drugs. It will be made possible to legalize all drugs. In that sense，it may destroy the legal and moral consensus achieved through anti-drug campaigns over half a century. It may also bring heavy losses to the global drug control. The current situation shows that marijuana legalization is a process that is hard to reverse. It seems that the only way out is to make concessions on the side of the federal government and to allow the Congress to amend the existing legislation over the prohibition of marijuana so as to reach a compromise with the states which have legalized marijuana.

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