Start the debate, and they might listen In Massachussetts, talk about decrim may not be totally changing minds, but it seems to be opening the mind of Republican legislator Brad Hill, who still believes that marijuana is a "gateway drug"
...even Hill - who in 2000 told the Gloucester Daily Times that only a "huge majority" of the voters could possibly sway him to consider proposing a marijuana decriminalization bill - appears to be bending ever so slightly on the issue.
Though he says he still sees marijuana as a dangerous gateway drug, Hill says pot activists like Georgetown lawyer Steve Epstein raise some valid points about the economic impact decriminalizing marijuana could potentially have.
That issue, he says, is the one that could eventually persuade even the most conservative legislators to rethink their argument.
"Court-wise, time-wise and money-wise, it's a lot of money to spend for one person who makes a mistake," says Hill. "I am certainly always open to discussion."
There's hope, even for the hardcores.
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