And that's the rub.
Wrong!
Nothing stops other states from enacting medical cannabis statutes or cannabis decriminalization statutes NOW. It's been 35 years since CA decriminalized possession for non-medical purposes and less than 15 other states have followed suit. Commercialization is never a good thing except for investors and the oligopolistic few to whom the bulk of the industry profits will funnel to.
assembly bills do not over ride propositions. refer to SB420 and the supreme courts ruling.
Assembly bills can only make changes where there is no reference in a Proposition.
So in your view, it's OK if I get screwed, for the greater good?
The rest of the world needs to take care of itself and not rely on any one entity to bear the burden of progress. In addition, there are more than enough precedent cases of decriminalization and legalization already, so your argument that the world is just waiting for California to lead the way is fallacious at best.
If this were a legalization bill, it would be a good thing. But it's not. It's a commercialization and regulation bill. We're doing just fine getting rid of existing oppressive criminal cannabis laws, we don't need more.
This doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Especially given the nature and context of the other fucked up worthless propositions on California's ballot being funded by Texas-based interests. If you like the bill so much, please, get it passed in your state and you be the one to challenge the feds on recreational use. You can bear the burden of jail and court battles for once, instead of whining about how hard it is because your state is so backwards. I'm just glad you aren't here to screw up our state, personally.
And to me, the ones getting ready to vote yes despite the fact that they admit there are major flaws in the language and prospective execution of the bill are hypocrites for ostracizing growers for looking out for their personal interests. They're voting yes precisely for their own personal benefit, be it to "finally have their legal grow" or for their own personal false sense of "safety" or because they've actually bought the proponent byline that it's about stopping people from going to jail. Those of you on the outside "watching California" are urging a yes vote for your own selfish reasons in hoping it affects some sort of change that you can't be arsed to put in the effort to gain for yourselves. Prop. 19 doesn't give you anymore opportunity to fight for and/or gain progress in your own state and any assertion otherwise is just an excuse. What's really sad is stoners acting out the damn stereotype in not gaining anything for themselves because it requires effort. We in California have already gotten past the initial hurdles of decriminalization. If you want the same, YOU need to get past this and move on with getting it legal.
Lesson in Government needed here....assembly bills do not over ride propositions. refer to SB420 and the supreme courts ruling.
I saw that on Friday. That big dog cop standing over a table full of edibles. I'm sure (without a doubt) that those edibles were confiscated from some poor dispensary owner. Yeah, like I'm going to throw my expensive cookies into some kids bag. Are you kidding me?
why didn't they just go through the prop and point out it's flaws, the problems that it could create? I saw some ads and heard debates against 19 and the arguments were retarded refer madness stuff,- teenagers might try marijuana, it's a gateway drug, people will drive high.
Yes, I grew illegally for over a decade.
I think the DEA will make a big fuss, the attorney general will make a big fuss and sputter about "supremacy". Over the next few months the DEA will arrest some people for growing/selling. In other words it will all be pretty much as is it is now.
