Friedersdorf commends Ron Paul and Barney Frank's new bill:
[I]ts states' rights approach is significant, and forces defenders of federal drug policy into their weakest position. It's one thing to argue that marijuana should be illegal. It's another thing to insist that the federal government enforce a nationwide ban even as duly elected state legislatures signal that the people disagree. That is the essence of the matter.
Mike Riggs tracks the momentum.