California to hold statewide November vote on legalising marijuana
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7074842.ece
To get high or to not get high — that will be the question on the ballot in California’s November elections.
As the Golden State’s hippies reach retirement age, pro-marijuana advocates have joined forces in an effort finally to force a state-wide vote on making weed legal, and not just for medical purposes.
Under the proposed law smoking marijuana to get high would be as acceptable as drinking beer to get drunk as long as users were aged 21 or older. It would also become legal to grow up to 25 sq ft (2.3sq m) of the plants per residence, and for local governments to authorise and tax the transportation and sale of the drug.
If the ten-page initiative is passed it could set in motion a chain of events throughout the US that could bring an end to the era of marijuana prohibition. Or at least that is what marijuana advocates hope.
The deadline for submitting the required 433,971 signatures in support of the so-called “direct democracy” initiative passed last night, with preliminary estimates suggesting that the measure has enough support to ensure its presence on the November ballot — which will also decide who succeeds Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor.
None of the major candidates has endorsed the pot initiative because the issue could become a political liability.
Most of the funding for the drafting of the legalisation proposal and the signature-gathering effort has come from Richard Lee, a 47-year-old marijuana activist from the northern Californian city of Oakland. It is thought that Mr Lee donated $1.3 million (£870,000) to the campaign and he hopes to raise another $20 million for an election advertising campaign.
It has been 14 years since California became the first state to legalise marijuana for medical use, prompting several others to follow suit. The federal Government still considers the drug a public menace, which under the Bush Administration led to tension between state police and drug enforcement administration officials employed by Washington.
President Obama has pledged that federal agencies would not interfere with state laws on the issue.
Although polls suggested that a small majority of Californians want marijuana legalised — with the most significant demographic of supporters being mothers in their 30s and 40s — the initiative will face plenty of opposition.
Those who are most concerned are perhaps the people who are growing it. In Humboldt County — known as the “Emerald Triangle” or the “Napa Valley of Pot” — marijuana farmers fear that if the drug is legalised prices will fall, destroying their livelihoods.
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HandoEX;304385 wrote:
Pretty much any Cali resident can already smoke pot legally with a doctor's prescription, which is really easy to get. If this passes, they'll be able to make tax revenue off of non-Cali residents....craigslist...
Here is a simple search in LA for "prop 215"
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=7&subAreaID=&query=prop+215&catAbbreviation=sss
A lot of these places have their "own" doctor that they refer you to see. You also don't even need a prescription/club card, you basically just need a doctors note for a recommendation...aka you don't need a California license to have access.
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PSiedTSi;304395 wrote:
A lot of these places have their "own" doctor that they refer you to see. You also don't even need a prescription/club card, you basically just need a doctors note for a recommendation...aka you don't need a California license to have access.Cali and Maine only require a doctors recommendation, which can be ORAL or written, the rest require written. So as long as you have a doctor that will say they suggest it, you are fine.
Also, it is never a "prescription", only a "recommendation" from a physician, because a physician can not legally prescribe a drug that is not legalized by the FDA.
I also found it interesting that much of the opposition will come from the growers themselves....
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