Legalize Weed Campaigns Crushing Opposition in FundraisingEric Blair Campaigns for ballot measures in two of these states, Amendment 64 in Colorado andInitiative 502 in Washington state, have raised a combined $3 million far outpacing the opposition according to Reuters. Supporters in Colorado have a war chest of around $1 million, while Washington has about $2 millionto educate the public with TV and radio ads like the ones below: Ad in support of I-502 in Washington: Oregons Measure 80 The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act, which only recently officially qualified for the ballot, is still lagging behind in fundraising with around $1000 in funds. Meanwhile, opponents of these measures are struggling to keep reefer madness alive. Opponents in Colorado have only raised $40,000. It seems it is no longer viable to claim that throwing people in cages for consuming a beneficial plant is the best approach. Besides having favorable fundraising advantages, recent polls show comfortable majorities support these measures with 61% in Colorado and 55% in Washington in favor of legalizing and regulating pot. They have also drawn support from a wide variety ofinfluentialpeople and groups from pastor Pat Robertson to the NAACP. These figures indicate that for the first time states have a realistic chance of fully legalizing marijuana. Clearly, if these ballot measures are successful, the flat-earthers in the federal government will have a tough decision to make. Since the federal government still comically classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, supposedly as dangerous as crack and heroin and with no medical benefits, it continues to unsuccessfully wage war against this flower. When these measures pass, either the Feds can respect democracy, states rights and the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution, or they can continue totyrannicallystomp their jackboot on the face of commonsense progress. What do you think will happen? To support these measures financially, please give what you can by clicking on the links below: Read more articles by Eric Blair here 