Prop 19 Back on the Ballot in 2012 (crime, attorney, high income)

[GregHenry]

Just heard it on CNN.

Old people were strongly against it. Time is on our side. This Tea Party rage won't be here in two years after two years of Republicans mismanaging Congress.

[BacktoBlue]

Woohoo! That's what I'm talking about. Going to light up a joint to celebrate right now.....

[Gentoo]

Yes, we never quit in California!

[Fleet]

Hopefully, it will lose again. 2012 is only 2 years away.
It is still a federal crime in any case.

[BacktoBlue]

Originally Posted by Fleet

Hopefully, it will lose again. 2012 is only 2 years away.
It is still a federal crime in any case.

LOL someone with "Fox News Rules" under their username can't be taken seriously.

[CarawayDJ]

I think it was defeated by any group older than 35. Not positive though. You will have to wait more than 2 years to think it will pass. As I've said before, each year your group loses as many supporters as it gains. People get older and what they think is important changes. Considering how many people have smoked pot when they were young, prop 19 would have been approved by a good margin were it not for people changing their views on pot as they grew older.

[NYSD1995]

I am an under 35, left-leaning, moderate, socially liberal supporter of some form of federally legalized marijuana. I typically vote democrat and generally would never be considered politically conservative. I am also a highly educated, high income parent living in a primarily democratic area of a major CA city.

I voted against prop 19.

For me to vote for a law like this, I need proof that it will be implemented in a sane, controlled, and adult way. I need to see a plan, I need to see common sense regulation. I saw none of that. I saw the same vague, undefined law that gave us Medical Marijuana dispensaries. Medical Marijuana killed this prop. You guys will need to prove you can handle the reality of what legalization will look like on the ground before people like me can support this. I have no faith in the state of CA, or the MJ community to handle this appropriately right now.

Very few supporters of this law were able to engage in a well thought-out conversation about the implementation. The supply chain. zoning and land use. State regs. vs leaving it to the counties and cities. The lack of depth of discourse, and intolerance to any question or dissent, is the achilles heel of many on the far side of any issue, right or left. Many self-identified liberals really need to dig down and see if they are as open and tolerant of difference of opinion as they imagine they are.

[Phil306]

I'm glad it lost and it will lose again. In fact, I haven't enforced the simple possession of marijuana on a person in probably 15 years. I think I shall now.

[GregHenry]

Originally Posted by Sassberto

I am an under 35, left-leaning, moderate, socially liberal supporter of some form of federally legalized marijuana.

What passage in the Constitution gives the federal government the authority to make marijuana legal or illegal?

Quit looking to Washington as the great parent.

[GregHenry]

Originally Posted by Phil306

I'm glad it lost and it will lose again. In fact, I haven't enforced the simple possession of marijuana on a person in probably 15 years. I think I shall now.

And I think I'll videotape a cop committing some form of official misconduct and file a formal complaint against him or her.

Go ahead and play that "us vs. them." There's more of us.

By the way, let a defense attorney get hold of your posts here, and your testimony is immediately impeached.