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    Default Prop 19: for once things may be going in the right direction

    http://www.krqe.com/dpps/news/us/cal...ze-pot_3592831

    I had to crack up at the comment that low income people will buy pot instead of food, though. What a dumbass. Pot=munchies means more food! Fucking bureaucrats!
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    Default Re: Prop 19: for once things may be going in the right direction

    If this passes and a few years go by and people see California hasn't gone up in flames or gotten overrun with crack dealers you will see a few more states follow suit. Kinda like whats happening with gay marriage, as soon as other states saw it didn't lead to teenagers sodomizing goats they slowly started to follow.

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    Default Re: Prop 19: for once things may be going in the right direction

    Quote Originally Posted by tempest666 View Post
    http://www.krqe.com/dpps/news/us/cal...ze-pot_3592831

    I had to crack up at the comment that low income people will buy pot instead of food, though. What a dumbass. Pot=munchies means more food! Fucking bureaucrats!
    Ah well, where would this country be if we didn't treat the poor as children?

    It is a great step forward though, and a rare moment of me being super proud of my state.

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    Default Re: Prop 19: for once things may be going in the right direction

    I hope it passes, but probably won't. As liberal overall as our larger urban areas are, Cali still has large pockets of conservatives that will effectively kill Prop 19 (even OC!). They were a large reason why Prop H8 narrowly passed 2 years ago.

    At least Arny just signed a bill downgrading pot possession to an infraction. I suspect that they're throwing us a bone.....but we'll take it!

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    Default Re: Prop 19: for once things may be going in the right direction

    Actually I can visualize the major drug cartels mobilizing their billions to prevent this. If it is legalized then profits go down.

    Their are huge segments of the population that NEED drugs to be illegal. Whether it is DEA agents, or the thousands of suppliers that produce billions of dollars in equipment to counter illegal drugs, to major corporations that provide services to convicted drug felons, to major private firms that run privatized prisons.

    Drugs are a multi billion dollar business for those that make to distribute and those that try to prevent importation.

    No way either side will stand for legalization.

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    Default Re: Prop 19: for once things may be going in the right direction

    Quote Originally Posted by Athenathefabulous View Post
    , but at the same time the govt is still profiting.
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    Default Re: Prop 19: for once things may be going in the right direction

    ^^^ speaking of which, there are some extremely 'telling' developments in regard to Prop 19 and various California city proposals along similar lines ...

    - The teamsters have already organized the hundreds of 'legal' medicinal pot growing company workers, getting them a pay increase from $18 to $25 an hour ( which will be fully documented, fully taxed, and of course generate union dues )

    - One large California city has taken the approach of requiring very expensive annual licensing for 'legal' pot producers who intend to sell pot in that city ... on the order of $300,000 per year per producer. Between the high license fee and a local 'health dep't' inspection requirement this is expected to cut small independent pot growers out of the 'market' in favor of four very large 'corporate' pot growers ( which will be fully documented, fully taxed, and fully unionized )

    California politicians and union leaders both see the legalized production and sale of pot as a huge 'money maker'. Obviously, some of this money will come at the expense of 'importers' ! However, a big chunk of this money will also come at the expense of small independent domestic pot growers ... who will essentially be legislated out of the 'legalized' pot business.

    It then remains to be seen what action California LE will take in regard to cutting off untaxed and 'uninspected' pot sources ( both domestic and imported ) in favor of taxed and 'inspected' pot from the legal corporate growers. If previous history with alcohol is any example, LE will be very aggressive in shutting down unlicensed / untaxed supplies that will be competing with licensed / fully taxed supplies.

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    Default Re: Prop 19: for once things may be going in the right direction

    Sooo glad it didn't pass
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    Default Re: Prop 19: for once things may be going in the right direction

    I was hoping this would pass...

    Partly because I support legalization and partly for the turmoil it would cause Obama.

    Oh well..

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    Default Re: Prop 19: for once things may be going in the right direction

    it would have been nice to see the murderous drug cartels undercut, but without across the board drug legalisation, they'd likely have moved on to a harder drug anyway.

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