[butlerweave]

Why 3/4’s of the State is High already

[Boardwalk]

I’m only shocked that they haven’t already done this.

[Bullish]

This will bring all the pothead moonbats out to vote for Hillary too while they’re at it.

guess Trump can cross Cali off his list.

[forgotten man]

California will make the taxes so high (no pun intended) that the growers and customers will go underground again.

[BlueStateRightist]

This is mostly about revenue enhancement through additional taxation. Lotteries and legalized marijuana exemplify how far our ravenous state and local governments will go just to feed their insatiable spending needs. These actions undermine the Democrats’ purported concern for the well-being of the citizenry — especially teenagers and young adults. The ends justify the means.

[ClearCase_guy]

And at some point in November, a lot of people will be saying, “Wait ... what? They already had the election? You’re kidding me! Damn, I was gonna vote too!”

[FlingWingFlyer]

LOL! This is a done deal, maaaaan.

[sargon]

California Voters to Decide Whether to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Marijuana is already de facto legal in CA, but I hope that it becomes fully legal after this vote.

IMHO, it's not conservative at all to threaten any American with prison time for the unspeakable "crime" of possessing one of God's own plants.

The Authoritarian and Prohibitionist Mind (but I repeat myself) is a wonder to behold in the somersaults it will perform in an effort to justify such Tyranny as that invariably imposed by Contraband Law. But it's all for the children of course. And "law & order".

Something tells me that nanny-state conservatives will one day join hands with nanny-state leftists to create a "Department of Pre-Crime" in the America of the future. After all, there are so many "threatening" things that might be a precursor to someone committing an actual crime. The groundwork is already being laid, both legally and philosophically.

And, as a fictional character once noted, it will likely be welcomed with applause rather than condemnation.

Flame away...

And Vote Trump!

[dangerdoc]

I’m hoping they do. In Colorado, there are flocks of 20 some year old partakers on every corner begging for money. Maybe they’ll move to somewhere else with legal weed and better weather.

[umgud]

Over the years, CA has already decriminalized MJ. You can be found with less than an ounce now and not even get cited. This is all about the taxes.

[RC one]

They should go ahead and legalize heroin while they’re at it.

[RedStateRocker]

Good. About time.

[vette6387]

I have always been oppposed to “recreational marijuana.” Recently, my wife has has serious back problems which have resulted in one major surgery (at Stanford Hospital) and will most likely require another later this year. These are not trivial operations. They involve repairing the spine by going THROUGH THE BODY to access the inside of the spine! She is alergic to opiates, so pain control is problematic. Several years ago, she got a medical marijuana permit and tried it for pain relief, and it worked. But she, as a non-smoker could not get the relief she sought because of the diliterious effects of having to smoke it. A week or two ago we attended a Medical Marijuana Presentation put on by The Carmel Foundation. The presenters were NOT POT HEADS, and the meeting was attended entirely by older people who have unresolved issues regarding pain management. No one was discussing smoking a joint or getting high, rather the meeting was held to provide information regarding medicinal uses of several compounds contained in marijuana that can be taken in several forms, none of which involve smoking or getting high. One of the women presenters has used these chemicals to treat MS for the past five years and has found it to be a Godsend. These people also hope that the State of California decriminalizes marijuana because it is still a grey area to use these marijuana-derived componunds.
So with all your derisive comments here reagarding marijuana and California, you might want to remove your heads from your rectums and see this issue from a very different perspective. The government has made marijuana a cash cow for cops, and they have meddled with people's lives with their unwelcome and unnecessary intrusions into all effective pain medications because of the so called criminal uses. $hit, my dog just had to have surgery and she was given Tramadol as a pain med. The vet had to have all sorts of personal information on my wife and I because the dog was to get a Schedule ! drug! It's all just nuts!

[Dirt for sale]

I’m firmly in the don’t make plants outlaws camp. They are people, too, and should not be punished just for being groovy, man.

[oldbrowser]

Hence the reason for importing all the illegals.

We're going to need someone to feed and water all of the brain dead zombies.

[a fool in paradise]

State officials estimate the measure would raise as much as $1 billion per year in revenue and reduce public safety costs -- for police, courts, jails and prisons -- by tens of millions.

what about increased public safety costs from stoned drivers? "buzzed driving is 'drunk driving'", so the ads go.

ANY measurable impairment is grounds for steep court costs and penalties.

The dopers thought it as so great to demonize alcohol and tobacco. 0.08% BAC standard is being pushed down to 0.05% and 0.03% by the CDC and MADD on it's way down to Sewden's 0.01% BAC.

[Mr. Blond]

Like it doesn’t stink enough already around here.

[ShivaFan]

This will be a complete disaster, we see thugs here is Califoria already openly smoking the stuff in parking lots where there are children getting out of cars, the pot today is heavily chemicalized and has a lot of mercury in it and much more potent and cancerous than in the 1960’s, we will have clouds of the stuff if legalized gassing little children and even babies who will have panic attacks or even death, the car accidents will be horrific and already occur but will be much worse, these goons will combine both pot and alcohol, the drug pushers will actually have more clients as no way can legal pot beat the cheap price the pushers will have so then the smokers will be using cocaine next and the already existing drug problems, health problems, welfare problems, crime problems will get worse.

I told my wife, that will be the last straw (I am 60 but about to retire but I have a lot of money as a result of investments) and I will have to leave California probably because I know what will happen and cannot live in such a ghetto. But I am not sure where to go. Or who would want me, after all, I wouldn’t trust ANYONE from California if I was living elsewhere - Washington sucks and is also turning into a dangerous ghetto in many areas. Oregon will be lost soon. I cannot live in Texas, even though I support Texas independence at this juncture. I sort of am thinking Nevada or Arizona but not sure. Perhaps someone can help me.

[Impy]

The Teamsters don’t like weed?

[Drango]

I’m voting NO on this and YES on the cigarette tax hike.