California proposition to legalize pot. Yes or No

[Skwim]

Proposition 19: The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010
Title and Summary

Changes California Law to Legalize Marijuana and Allow It to Be Regulated and Taxed. Initiative Statute.

Allows people 21 years old or older to possess, cultivate, or transport marijuana for personal use. Permits local governments to regulate and tax commercial production and sale of marijuana to people 21 years old or older. Prohibits people from possessing marijuana on school grounds, using it in public, smoking it while minors are present, or providing it to anyone under 21 years old. Maintains current prohibitions against driving while impaired. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Savings of up to several tens of millions of dollars annually to state and local governments on the costs of incarcerating and supervising certain marijuana offenders. Unknown but potentially major tax, fee, and benefit assessment revenues to state and local government related to the production and sale of marijuana products.

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[Storm]

It's not a pet cause, but I support leglaization.

 

[Smoke]

Absolutely. The federal ban should be repealed, too. It's absurd.

 

[Tarheeler]

Sounds good to me.

 

[Eliot Wild]

I support it wholeheartedly . . . As a matter of fact, in the words of French writer and philosopher Voltaire:

"Though I may disagree with cultivating and smoking marijuana, I would proudly die to defend another's right to cultivate and smoke marijuana."

Or something like that. His actual statement may have been a bit different from mine above, but I believe the sentiments were pretty much the same.

 

[ninerbuff]

Proposition 19: The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010
Title and Summary

Changes California Law to Legalize Marijuana and Allow It to Be Regulated and Taxed. Initiative Statute.

Allows people 21 years old or older to possess, cultivate, or transport marijuana for personal use. Permits local governments to regulate and tax commercial production and sale of marijuana to people 21 years old or older. Prohibits people from possessing marijuana on school grounds, using it in public, smoking it while minors are present, or providing it to anyone under 21 years old. Maintains current prohibitions against driving while impaired. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Savings of up to several tens of millions of dollars annually to state and local governments on the costs of incarcerating and supervising certain marijuana offenders. Unknown but potentially major tax, fee, and benefit assessment revenues to state and local government related to the production and sale of marijuana products.

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I do support it. I only hope that local governments will come to a standard census on possession because it will be different city to city, county to county. You can drive down the road and be in violation in one city, but be okay in the next.

 

[Wannabe Yogi]

Some Info to help you make up your minds

Marijuana: 7 Health Myths Up in Smoke

Marijuana: 7 Health Myths Up in Smoke*Pictures - CBS News

 

[Tarheeler]

"Though I may disagree with cultivating and smoking marijuana, I would proudly die to defend another's right to cultivate and smoke marijuana."

Pretty much my stance.

I don't smoke pot; never have, and don't plan on starting.

But I think that it's like drinking, smoking, and all the other fun things out there: smoke it if you got it. Now we've just got all the other issues to tackle.

 

[Dirty Penguin]

SURE.....It's not my thing but I see nothing wrong with legalization. I can't remember what part of Cali, I think it's some county in norther Cali, that is a high volume grower. Federally it's illegal but I think locally it's kind of allowed to grow and people growing it have to pay taxes on it.

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[gnomon]

Of course they should.

The drug laws in this country should be the number three issue in this nation. Behind the economy and foreign wars.

Even more than health care, abortion or anything other than the economy in general and our foreign affairs do I think the issue of illicit drugs and the prosecution of the laws regarding those drugs is important.

Only taxes in general as a federal policy has more far reaching effect into everyone's lives than US drug policy.

Legalizing marijuana touches upon many aspects of government. What can the free market engage in. Medical issues. Foreign issues. Privacy issues. Interstate commerce.

 

[ButTheCatCameBack]

I don't smoke and I think the law is flawed in some aspects but I am for legalization, regulation and taxation of it. If federal and state governments had any sense they'd work vigorously to do so in a way to take money away from the drug czars and hit them where it hurts even as they try(and continue to fail) in the war on much more serious drugs.

 

[uu_sage]

I support legalization. Government has no business in people's private lives.

 

[Amill]

I support legalization but does anyone have a source with more details about it's regulation on the highways?

 

[jarofthoughts]

I've never smoked pot in my life but logically if we're allowing alcohol we should allow pot.
Simple.

 

[gnomon]

I support legalization but does anyone have a source with more details about it's regulation on the highways?

Sure.

It's called reckless driving. A cop monitors someone driving recklessly than they pull them over, give them a silly road test and put them in jail. Points on their license or straight revocation.

Does it matter if the person was high on pot or, even worse, driving recklessly NOT under the influence.