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With recreational marijuana sales in full swing in Colorado and about to take off in Washington state, Tapped Life wonders how much influence the growing society of craft beer has contributed to this movement toward pot legalization. Has the acceptance of—and resounding success of—craft beer been the impetus for it? Good question. First, let’s do a little compare/contrast between Prohibition and the Marijuana Tax Act. Prohibition lasted for 13 years (1920-33). That ban on alcohol was rough. The ban on Marijuana has been in place since 1937 and has not been repealed. Both Prohibition and the Marijuana Tax Act were federal...