And What Are They Smoking?
Posted by Chris Martin at 8/8/2009 8:03 AM 
Categories: Politics, Fiscal Crisis of the State
Tags: My people have always done it this way
Categories: Politics, Fiscal Crisis of the State
Tags: My people have always done it this way
Bob Elgeko reports in today's SF Comical that:
Legalizing marijuana in California could generate $1.4 billion a year for the cash-starved state treasury, according to the state Board of Equalization. It's supported by 56 percent of the public, according to a Field Poll in April.
But it's not a proposal that any of the five leading candidates for governor is willing to embrace.
Because why?
But if society were really concerned with the threat of creeping stupidity, we would probably do best by fully funding public education or outlawing talk radio.
As it stands the state is under court order to reduce its prison population by 27%. We could start by releasing everyone who was in jail for pot related offenses or parole violations. Legal cultivation of marijuana by California farmers on privately owned lands would quickly kill the illegal business of the Mexican drug cartels who are cultivating illegally on public lands. It would also destroy the indoor cultivation industry, thus reducing the state's carbon footprint.
And we could regulate and tax the industry. Something that is impossible in our current situation.
"If the whole society starts getting stoned, we're going to be even less competitive," Democratic Attorney General Jerry Brown - who as governor signed a 1975 law reducing possession of small amounts of pot to a $100 misdemeanor - said on a recent radio show.Now Wonks Anonymous does not use marijuana or advocate its use. It is his personal experience that pot makes you stupid in subtle,very damaging, ways. For example, it causes you to vote for people like Jerry Brown.
But if society were really concerned with the threat of creeping stupidity, we would probably do best by fully funding public education or outlawing talk radio.
As it stands the state is under court order to reduce its prison population by 27%. We could start by releasing everyone who was in jail for pot related offenses or parole violations. Legal cultivation of marijuana by California farmers on privately owned lands would quickly kill the illegal business of the Mexican drug cartels who are cultivating illegally on public lands. It would also destroy the indoor cultivation industry, thus reducing the state's carbon footprint.
And we could regulate and tax the industry. Something that is impossible in our current situation.
"It would also destroy the indoor cultivation industry, thus reducing the state's carbon footprint."
Still need to decriminalize it at the federal level. Then the states can make whatever regulations they want.
Would the Federal Government Enforce the law in California if a majority voted against it?
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A start.
Gotta love Barney Frank.
WA
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