It's 2014. We've got 58 percent public support. It's time to shift from "prohibition is bad" to "responsible marijuana use is normal." Please, NORML, don't let us down.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R), who now hosts CNN's "Crossfire," said "life was fine" when the planet was "dramatically warmer" during the age of the dinosaurs.

Two recent low-budget productions demonstrated the trickiness of trying to wrestle a complicated story filled with complex characters into a manageable format that can hold its audience's attention while keeping to a reasonable time frame.