The Republicans weren’t the only ones who sent a blunt message to Washington. The other big election losers were marijuana prohibitionists. Alaska, Oregon, and Washington D.C. all voted to legalize pot. Florida voters did not pass a medical marijuana bill (is there a place on Earth that needs it more?). The fact that we keep pain and nausea relieving drugs from sick people in distress is one of the sickest parts of our horrific drug policy.

+ And Berkeley just became the first city to pass a soda tax. More than thirty other cities and states had tried and failed.