ya - it looks like we will be the first when it does happen.. maybe we'll be like a second Amsterdam for a while - attracting weed connoisseurs from all over the globe!!
on a side note - are you all aware of the fact that Portugal decriminalized all drugs back in 2001? they had terrible problems just like what we face in north america - a poverty driven drug epidemic - but, after decriminalization - 7 years later their problem is under control!
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/14/portugal/index.html 