DC marijuana vote will test ‘war on drugs’

Here’s the biggest irony of Tuesday’s mid-term elections: the US government will continue demanding that Mexico, Colombia and other countries fight the marijuana trade as part of its “war on drugs,” while Washington voters have just approved making pot legal in the US capital.

Under an initiative passed by DC voters in Tuesday’s elections, residents aged over 21 will be able to possess two ounces of marijuana and grow up to six plants for recreational consumption outside federal lands, pending congressional approval of the measure.

Meanwhile, voters in Oregon and Alaska on Tuesday approved much stronger marijuana legalization measures. Much like Colorado and Washington state did