a bit has changed in my conservative county already. First there were dispensaries, now there none. People have talked about southern california and the increasing restrictions there. Do you think that a new crop of conservative politicians that have a statewide mandate on marijuana will leave easy access to medical cards alone. I am speculating but so are you.
The Jerry beads? Nevermind most of those chicks are nasty anyway.
No one can answer that definitively.... if that tells you anything.
And so you want to vote in legislation with a built in Ban-hammer. The difference is my speculation is back by almost 2 decades of fighting and lobbying and a clear understanding of what politicians, city councils and law enforcement agencies can and cannot get away with. But seriously, if you want to continue with the "sky-is-falling" theme, go right ahead. I'm sorry that the dispensaries have disappeared from your locality. Question is, what are you doing about it?
I'm voting yes on 19 so that non medical users have some rights.
Whatever helps you sleep at night. Since you can't be buggered to understand the rights you already have, it's easy to see why you're so eager to toss them away. I imagine that if I lived in the uber narco-paranoid world you seem to... oh wait. I have from time to time. Difference being that we fought to get what we now have, whereas you just can't seem to be arsed or simply haven't the resolve for a fight.
I'm sure local lobbying is important and i commend you for it. But it didn't work in oakland or much of southern california or more than a few counties throughout the state. Back in 1996 when 56% of californians voted for prop 215 everything changed.
Right, if marijuana is legalized i toss my rights away. With your kind of logic you probably fight quite a bit.
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Way to fail at history. Far more has happened since Prop 215, including the passage of Prop 36 and even further legislation to reduce the severity of simple possession charges. Once again, your ignorance and lack of effort is still not a good reason for bad legislation that you hope will compensate for your inability to do anything for yourself. As someone who backed and worked on Prop. 215 and Prop. 36, has stood trial, served as witness and on juries regarding cannabis possession cases, I am fully aware of the implications of the various ambiguities in Prop. 19 and how they can and will most likely play out in the long term given the context of the political climate into which we are about to enter. But, at least you aren't Dan Kone. Capitulation in the face of adversity is far more acceptable than his profit-driven motives. Not in any way more respectable, but understandable.
Anyone who is Pro-19 is likely to tell you that there will be no effect on the medical cannabis industry. It's a key talking point for them since anything less would be unacceptable. Of course, for that to be true, two things would have to be true. Local government and law enforcement will not seek to misinterpret the ambiguous wording of the law and that they are likely to choose the option to tax and regulate a retail cannabis industry instead of outright banning it whatsoever while simultaneously respecting the rights of existing medical cannabis patients and growers.
Funny you should bring up "baseless suppositions", because ALL of your rhetoric puts you on 73rd floor of an empty elevator shaft!
Excellent... and now the forum equivalent of "angry poo-flinging monkey". I don't really see the threat in being at the top of an empty elevator shaft since only daft types would fall in. I do find it interesting that you find that to be threatening.
Did you lobby your local politicians to get prop 36 passed or did we 61% of voters pass it?
I helped to gather signatures to put it on the ballot and participated in the follow-up awareness campaigns to help bring about it's passage. I'm sorry if the political process is confusing to you, but at least I've done the foot work to help get things where they are. But keep up with the smear campaign.
I have said that your work and the work of many others is commendable but without a statewide vote what really happens? The smearing seems to be coming from you.
Sorry Kiddo, your rhetoric ONLY puts you, as I said, on the 73rd floor, not the top, and there "ain't shit" under your feet,
Prop 215 and Prop 36 were both voter statewide voter initiatives. And from those plenty happened. "I commend your work, but it didn't do anything" is pretty insulting, frankly. The very fact that you get a misdemeanor instead of a felony conviction was massive progress. The progress of SB 1449 will be even better once passed into law. But, of course, according to your limited view nothing has happened.
Really? If that's what you need to get by, lad... whatever. I personally don't feel the need to imagine death scenarios for anyone, but whatever makes you feel better about yourself. I don't need to wait for the polls. Either way, I get my pot and my clients are still safe from massive price gouging.