Discouraging Quote by Newt Gingrich

“But the effort sent a signal to federal, state, and local law enforcement, in Customs and elsewhere, that marijuana was as serious a threat…

— Radley Balko

It would be wryly interesting if in human history the cultivation of marijuana led generally to the invention of agriculture, and thereby to civilization.

— Carl Sagan

I'd definitely attend a marijuana legalization rally if I wasn't too stoned to leave my apartment.

— Anonymous

“The legalization of marijuana is not a dangerous experiment – the prohibition is the experiment, and it has failed dramatically, with millions of victims…

— Sebastian Marincolo

“I think that marijuana should not only be legal, I think it should be a cottage industry. There’s some pretty good homegrown dope. I’m…

— Stephen King

“...People who smoked cannabis were Other, and the cannabis they smoked threatened to let their Otherness loose in the land.”

— Michael Pollan

Marijuana was made illegal because of William Randolph Hearst, the big newspaper guy. He owned thousands of acres of timberland and he didn't want…

— Jesse Ventura

You can grow marijuana, so the government can't tax you and they don't like that, that's why they prohibit it.

— Jesse Ventura

I would absolutely never use the federal government to enforce the law of using marijuana

— Ron Paul

I have a reputation for giving unpopular answers at Democratic debates. I never used marijuana. Sorry!

— Joe Lieberman

So (legalizing marijuana) means a lot more to me than just being able to smoke a joint without being arrested.

— Tommy Chong

I'm not fighting for the Marlboro-ization of marijuana.

— Ethan Nadelmann