The legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington state has forced the U.S. government to begin standing down in the global war on drugs.
Noting the end of marijuana prohibitions in two American states, William Brownfield, the assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, said “things have changed” during a press conference at the United Nations in New York last week.
“How could I, a representative of the government of the United States of America, be intolerant of a government that permits any experimentation with legalization of marijuana if two of the 50 states of the United States of America have chosen to walk down that road?” Brownfield asked.
His remarks, first reported by InSight Crime, signify a huge shift in American policy toward other nations seeking to modernize their own drug policies.
