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Legalize Marijuana—but Both Sides Are Full of It

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 3:20pm
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By C. Travis Webb

To be honest, I’ve never much cared about the whole "legalize marijuana” argument.

Sure, on some vague level I’m in favor of decriminalization, since it seems like prosecuting potheads is a misallocation of police resources. And I’ve never known anyone under the influence of cannabis to be dangerous—or particularly sharp, for that matter.

But when I read that Huntington Beach’s congressional representative Dana Rohrabacher recently spoke out in support of "regulating marijuana like wine," it caused me to think a little more deeply about the issue.

I still can’t say that I care all that much. Mostly I think there are quite a few other injustices that should rank higher on a national priority list. Of course, it’s possible my general indifference to legalization may be because California is a particularly lax state when it comes to marijuana enforcement. Read more »

Mendocino and Humbolt - Selling out California for black market profits

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 1:05pm
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A reader writes:
 
I can concur with your reader about the greedy growers up here in the Emerald Triangle voting against Prop 19. I live in Mendocino County - Ukiah specifically. Just like Humboldt, Prop 19 went down in our County as well. Every grower I know - who, believe me, come from all walks of life - voted against Prop 19.
 
My favorite piece of propaganda floating around these parts for the last few months was that Phillip Morris was buying up giant tracts of land in Mendocino County in advance of Prop 19 passing. The company would then, the theory goes, put every grower out of business. I found it amazing how many people fell for that stinker.
 
And the young people who most thought would come out in droves to vote for it? Not up here in Marijuana Central. They are the weed “trimmers” who enjoy getting paid $20 an hour under the table as a way to finance their college degrees. They voted straight Dem … and no on Prop 19. Read more »

Alcohol lobby funds Prop 19 opposition

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Wed, 09/15/2010 - 2:29pm
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By Pete Guither
 
Press Release from Mike Meno at MPP:
 
Alcohol Lobby Teams with Law Enforcement to Fund Anti-Marijuana Campaign
 
California Beer and Beverage Distributors Give $10K to “No On Proposition 19” Campaign in Attempt to Kill the Competition
 
On September 7, a major new front opened up in the campaign for Proposition 19, the ballot measure to tax and regulate marijuana in California. On that day, the California Beer and Beverage Distributors made a $10,000 contribution to a committee opposing Proposition 19. Read more »

Tory bodies are piling up

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Sat, 08/21/2010 - 3:30pm
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By. Kelly McParland, National Post
 
It is now taken for granted that any senior, or even semi-senior, official who loses, quits or otherwise departs from their job in Ottawa is doing so because he/she somehow fell afoul of Tory policy and is being hounded from office by Stephen Harper’s demand for blood.
 
It has become part of the narrative. When a plane crashes anywhere in the world, the default response of Canadian news editors is: “Were any Canadians on board?” When a bureaucrat gets the boot in Harper’s Ottawa, the equivalent reflex is: “Did he offend the Tories?” Read more »

Business Group Claims Prop 19 Would Mean Stoned Workers

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 8:51pm
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By. Steve Elliot, Toke of the Town
 
The California Chamber of Commerce on Thursday released a legal analysis claiming that Proposition 19, which would legalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by adults, would lead to more workplace accidents by forcing employers to let workers smoke pot on the job and operate dangerous equipment while stoned.
 
"Imagine a workplace where employees show up to work high on marijuana and there is nothing you can do about it," the Chamber's "analysis" begins.
 
This is, of course, patent nonsense, since booze is already legal, and no employer has ever been forced to let an employee get drunk on the job. But since when have facts gotten in the way of a good pot scare story?
 
Prop 19 proponents dismissed the Chamber's claims, reports John Hoeffel at the Los Angeles Times.
 
"It's a lie that's designed to raise money from California employers and other hot-button organizations," said Dan Rush, a union official working for the Prop 19 campaign. Read more »
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