New York Times faz apologia da maconha?

Na edição on-line do New York Times de sexta-feira, 22, uma mesa-redonda discutiu os mais significativos efeitos que teria a legalização da maconha nos EUA, nos aspectos econômico, social e da justiça criminal. Vale a pena ler:

Freakonomics: What Would Happen if Marijuana Were Decriminalized? A Freakonomics Quorum

By Stephen J. Dubner

Published: May 22, 2009

So we asked a group of people -- Paul Armentano, Mike Braun, Joel W. Hay, Jeffrey Miron, and Robert Platshorn -- to think about a national decriminalization of marijuana (unlikely, let's be honest) and answer the following: What would be some of the most powerful economic, social, and criminal-justice effects?