Californians might get a chance to vote on legalizing marijuana akin to alcohol.

Travace said:

signed FUCK YES but i just don't see the police doing that anytime soon. I wish to god they would tho

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there was one case in central Cali where the person being raided called police and the police came and told the DEA to leave. Of course that never hits headlines right?

the feds don't want that to happen because if they lose the "war on drugs" they lose 20billion a year in budget, not to mention a free work force of 1 million convicted marijuana inmates.

As a Californian and a marijuana smoker, I feel fairly neutral about this. I get great weed for a decent price, what more do I need?

Shadow13 said:

there was one case in central Cali where the person being raided called police and the police came and told the DEA to leave. Of course that never hits headlines right?

the feds don't want that to happen because if they lose the "war on drugs" they lose 20billion a year in budget, not to mention a free work force of 1 million convicted marijuana inmates.

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don't forget the huge population of prisoners incarcerated for marijuana drug offenses and that a huge percentage of the Prisons are owned by private company's who get paid for each prisoner.

So many reasons.

FishStix said:

As a Californian and a marijuana smoker, I feel fairly neutral about this. I get great weed for a decent price, what more do I need?

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do you work for a living? How about all those people who smoke and have illegal jobs (like selling, trafficing, or who don't pay taxes) giving back to the community and hopefully lowering taxes?

Paying off california debt

stopping illegal crooks from putting traps in the california wild life protecting illegal grow ops that can hurt hikers, campers, and animals? (this is a problem in places like the sierra nevadas)

Or just the fact that it will remove the stigma of you being a "criminal" and taking away the black market?

To me there is a lot more reasons then just the "cost" for every californian even if they are against people who smoke to at least read the merits of what it would offer the state to have easy access to the kind of funds it would bring, not to mention a whole new industry that ONLY california would have. Hemp, medicinal use shops, agriculture.

Travace said:

don't forget the huge population of prisoners incarcerated for marijuana drug offenses and that a huge percentage of the Prisons are owned by private company's who get paid for each prisoner.

So many reasons.

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The last quote I hard was in 2006 and I think it was between 50-60thousand dollars a year the feds pay of our tax dollars to the private companies PER HEAD.