February 28, 2011 1:44PM 

# Seattle Times: Legalize Marijuana 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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When Proposition 19 (an initiative proposal that would have legalized marijuana) was being considered and debated last year in California, virtually every newspaper editorialized against it. Now comes the *Seattle Times* with a [strong editorial](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2014270472_edit20legal.html) calling for legalization in Washington state. The reader response has been very [favorable](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2014334403_ryan27.html). And the Drug Czar [reportedly](http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/02/25/white-house-requested-meeting-with-seattle-times-editorial-board-to-bully-against-pro-pot-articles) wants to meet with the editorial board–presumably to secure a retraction. That’s doubtful, but perhaps the editorial board can secure his endorsement or perhaps his resignation.

For Cato scholarship on drug policy, go [here](https://www.cato.org/drug-war). Our latest publication is this [address](https://www.cato.org/pubs/catosletter/catosletterv9n1.pdf) on how the drug war destroys black families.

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