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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults, after the secretary of state on Wednesday certified the initiative for the November ballot.
It would become the first state to legalize recreational marijuana use if the proposition is approved. Marijuana use is legal for medicinal purposes in California and 14 other states, but the drug is illegal under federal law.
Secretary of State Debra Bowen certified that the petitions seeking to place the question on the ballot had more than 433,971 valid voter signatures, the minimum number needed to qualify.
If approved, the initiative would allow those 21 years and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana, enough to roll several marijuana cigarettes. Residents also could cultivate the plant in limited quantities.
Unfortunately, I don't think it will pass. The right-wingers and religious evangelicals are going to go crazy and will propogandize this issue to the point that it turns voters off.
Unfortunately, I don't think it will pass. The right-wingers and religious evangelicals are going to go crazy and will propogandize this issue to the point that it turns voters off.
I thought Democracy in action and the mandate of voters is all that mattered.
Not that I agree with criminalization.
Unfortunately...the mandate of the voters is in large part influenced by massive amounts of propoganda. Just look at prop 8. The measure was largely failing until the mormon church through million of dollars into a very deceitful campaign that scared and misled voters. I expect Mormons and evangelicals to do the same with this issue.
yeah, but most of the "reefer madness" nutters are either dead or have one-foot in the grave.
Soon come mon. Soon come. No worries mon. Now, put 'way dat hippy joint and roll de' spliff.
"Don't worry.
'Bout a t'ing.
'Cause every little t'ing, gon' be alright."
De people gon' know better nex' time 'round. Fool me once.....
It happens with everything that's controversial.
Not everything. There are certain issues that the right-wing is particularly virol about. Gay rights is one of them. Legalization of marijuana is another.
It is now official. Legalization of marijuana is now on the ballot in California....
1) And what better way to fight the War on Drugs than to deprive the cartels of a huge chunk of their revenues.
2) Freeing up law enforcement resources to fight real crime? Yup.
3) But most importantly, recognizing that the only time it becomes the government's business to meddle in someone's private life is if that someone violates the rights of someone else.
California is frequently an experiment for the rest of the nation. Witness the property tax rebellion which began there, and soon spread to the other states. It's the same here. If California passes this law, and legal weed is dealt with responsibly by both citizens and authorities, it may be the beginning of the end of the Marijuana Tax Act, and government interference in the business of the states on the issue of drugs.
Sure, a lot of Liberals are outspoken about smoking weed, but guess what? Legalization of it is a truly Conservative idea, from the standpoint of smaller government and more personal freedom, not to mention the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
I might also mention that more than a few Conservatives have a toke too, now and then. It is high time they came out of the closet on this issue, and started acting like Conservatives, for a change.
Article is here.
A great new day is coming. I can smell it in the mornings. Smells like..... victory.
A step in the right direction, but if the supply-chain isn't legalized and brought into the light of day, the effect on drug cartels will be minimal.
Part of the law would allow growing. That kills cartel sales right there.
Unfortunately...the mandate of the voters is in large part influenced by massive amounts of propoganda. Just look at prop 8. The measure was largely failing until the mormon church through million of dollars into a very deceitful campaign that scared and misled voters. I expect Mormons and evangelicals to do the same with this issue.
Yeah, but with Prop 8 it was the last minute sermons by Catholic Churches in latino communities and Baptist Churches in black communities that tipped the scales.
The far-rights in Riverside like their crank and dope...
Nor-Cal is a gimme...
The Evangelical Conservatives in Orange County will be split along generational lines...
It comes out of the ground...
I'd like to hear more how it will make money for the state.
A step in the right direction, but if the supply-chain isn't legalized and brought into the light of day, the effect on drug cartels will be minimal.
Not everything. There are certain issues that the right-wing is particularly virol about. Gay rights is one of them. Legalization of marijuana is another.
Medical marijuana’s support among voters in New York State is so solid that even a substantial majority of Republicans favor its legalization, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. The poll found that 71 percent of voters supported medical marijuana, including 55 percent of registered Republicans.
If approved, the initiative would allow those 21 years and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana, enough to roll several marijuana cigarettes.
It is now official. Legalization of marijuana is now on the ballot in California....
1) And what better way to fight the War on Drugs than to deprive the cartels of a huge chunk of their revenues.
2) Freeing up law enforcement resources to fight real crime? Yup.
3) But most importantly, recognizing that the only time it becomes the government's business to meddle in someone's private life is if that someone violates the rights of someone else.
California is frequently an experiment for the rest of the nation. Witness the property tax rebellion which began there, and soon spread to the other states. It's the same here. If California passes this law, and legal weed is dealt with responsibly by both citizens and authorities, it may be the beginning of the end of the Marijuana Tax Act, and government interference in the business of the states on the issue of drugs.
Sure, a lot of Liberals are outspoken about smoking weed, but guess what? Legalization of it is a truly Conservative idea, from the standpoint of smaller government and more personal freedom, not to mention the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
I might also mention that more than a few Conservatives have a toke too, now and then. It is high time they came out of the closet on this issue, and started acting like Conservatives, for a change.
Article is here.
Even if CA approves to legalize pot, the federal government won't stand for it.
Even if CA approves to legalize pot, the federal government won't stand for it.
With California being run by totla idiots the law we will be voting on will concentrate on what those in Government lovingly like to call Revenue enhancement and it will be a stupid law that will invite the CRIMINAL ELEMENT such as the Mexican Drug Cartels and and street gangs to expand their activities, making the streets even more dangerous.
Unfortunately, I don't think it will pass. The right-wingers and religious evangelicals are going to go crazy and will propogandize this issue to the point that it turns voters off.
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