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Why is 90 minutes so important?  It is about the average run time of a movie.  It is the allotted time for a regulation soccer match.  Ninety minutes is probably the length of your bosses lunch break.  On Wednesday night, it represents the amount of time Americans have to formulate their opinion on who they will be casting their vote for the United States Presidency.

For political junkies the presidential debates offer a breath of fresh air.  This is where the two candidates will actually be face to face and respond to each other.  The system is not perfect, but this true reality show offers more than the same campaign speech rehashed over and over again to a receptive crowd.  They certainly are not perfect, as many important topics will be skipped over, but in this age of hiding behind talking points, Wednesday’s 90 minutes may be the closest thing we get to an intellectual conversation about fixing this country.

Unfortunately for marijuana activists, it is unlikely that the “M” word will even be muttered during the 90 minutes.  Even as politicians and residents remain sharply divided on medical marijuana dispensary raids, this issue will continue to be avoided.  Though elections are won and lost on the issues, we never seem capable of moving forward.  Roe V. Wade was decided 40 years ago, yet we are sure to hear the two men in suits talk at length about abortion rights.  School vouchers, tax rates, the deficit, and tort reform, are all important but have dominated debate questions for many elections now.  Instead of tackling a new age issue in marijuana reform, we are likely going to be relegated to hearing about the same old issues.

One would think that in 90 minutes, there surely is time to talk about those who struggling, about compassionate relief.  Well if 90 minutes is too short for that, perhaps the wasted money and lives on the war on drugs can be fit in? Hmm,no?  Certainly all of the lives (many of them teens) that are ruined by incarcerations linked to low level marijuana possession will get its day in the sun.  Again you say no?    Then personal freedom, in a country founded on the very principle should definitely spring marijuana into the presidential debate.  Of course a discussion on returning rights and liberties to the people likely has virtually no chance of taking place whether the debate is 90 minutes or 90 days.

 

Click here for a schedule of all of the Presidential debates and a list of the moderators

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