I live in Boulder, so I can answer some of the questions in this thread. This is not pure legalization. It is more Possession is Legal. You still cannot sell, unless you are a dispensary; thus you cannot legally buy it unless you go to a dispensary. Possession is no longer illegal. This isn't Legalization. make sense? There were actually competing Propositions. Many diehard Legalize mar1juana people were against Prop 64 because it wasn't pure legalization, and they were petition on the Mall for their Prop to make the ballot. Funny how they had competing Propositions. This could be why Oregon's failed, because it was a watered down version too.
Regardless, is that not better than before? I can legally buy from a dispensary, wayyy better than buying from a dealer and more importantly, possession is legal. I say it's a step in the right direction.
Ditto San Francisco. I was in SF for a week at the beginning of October. Every day I walked past someone burning a fatty in and around Union Square. One day, I walked past a parked taxi cab on Geary St. with the driver smoking out with the window open.
Maybe I said this wrong. This is a Recreational Use prop so far. It doesn't instantly do anything regarding new means to legally buy and sell. It allows an amendment to the Constitution to establish new means to sell. That's all a pipe dream. pun intended
1. You don't get busted for having more than a certain amount of tobacco and alcohol. You are allowed to have up to 1 oz on your possession or else you will get popped for intent to distribute. 2. The FEDS can't bust you for having a sixer of beer. The FEDS can still bust you for any amount of weed.
To add to what bobmarley said, In Colorado, you could buy and sell pot before this proposition passed. But, you can't buy, possess or sell without a medicinal mar1juana license. This proposition weakly defines a path of taking away the medicinal license part of the equation. What many expect to happen is Possession (limited amounts) will become Legal, but the buying and selling will continue having to go through a dispensary requiring you to get a license to buy. bottomline: as I noted before, there were competing Legalization propositions trying to petition to get on the ballot. This is widely considered to be the weaker of the two. Maybe I will post a comparison and contrast of Prop 64 later.
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Wonder how many fans of legalizing weed are still fans after a driver who is "stoned" legally drives and kills their family member....
I guess you missed the part about it being regulated like alcohol, brah. DUI/DWI. At least when you're high, you can snap out of it in case of emergency (I can, at least), but when you're drunk, you're just drunk.
Did I miss where charging someone with a DWI brings people killed by the drunk driver back to life? Does anyone think there would be fewer accidents after weed is legalized than now?
Not a lawyer, but based on what I understand, I don't think there is much chance at all that the court would rule against the federal government. I think the best possible outcome would to let the whole thing sort of fester in a state of limbo for a while along the line of Prohibition in the 20's to make Washington look bad and rally broader national support.
So maybe we should make alcohol illegal, too? Streets would be safer, right? There is an element of safety (regardless of DUIs) by regulating alcohol versus Prohibition. Likewise, there is an element of citizen safety to taking control of pot sales and distribution out of the hands of criminals and into the hands of legal and regulated businesses with proceeds going to schools (which is what Prop 64 is trying to do). Do I care if it succeeds,,,not so much. But there really is absolutely no sound argument that makes Alchohol more safe than mar1juana. None at all.
You need to watch Boardwalk Empire and learn about history. Or watch Battlestar Galactica and learn about the future.
