Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California

[Rman]

By JESSE McKINLEY
SAN FRANCISCO — These are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in California — and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federal government toward medical marijuana.

State lawmakers are holding a hearing on Wednesday on the effects of a bill that would legalize, tax and regulate the drug — in what would be the first such law in the United States. Tax officials estimate the legislation could bring the struggling state about $1.4 billion a year, and though the bill’s fate in the Legislature is uncertain, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has indicated he would be open to a “robust debate” on the issue.

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[Rman]

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[Diunx]

 

[Rman]

Yep.  Valiant effort, though.

[twerd]

heady times

californian smokers won't get the pun tho.

[chronovore]

Article 6, clause 2.   

This means... what? That controlled substances are a federal issue and not a state one?

[Tauntaun]

It's the supremacy clause in the constitution.  It means that federal law supersedes state law.  So in this case, yes. 

Oh I'm sorry, I thought this was America!

[Third]

I rarely smoke weed now. But weed being illegal really confuses me. The drug isn't bad if you smoke it from time to time.

The drug should be legal. Legal drugs like coffee, cigarettes, sugar etc are more dangerous than weed.

[Saint Cornelius]

californian smokers won't get the pun tho.

what happens when you assume, twerd?

[ManaByte]

You want to know how fucking stupid the stoners are in CA? There are TWO IDENTICAL ballot measures to legalize pot and they are named "Legalize, Regulate, and Tax Marijuana" and "Legalize Marijuana and Allow It to Be Regulated and Taxed".

They are the EXACT SAME FUCKING THING. You'd think they'd, you know, talk to each other before putting two identical measures on the ballot to confuse people.

[OptimoPeach]

In a memorandum on Oct. 19 outlining the medical marijuana guidelines, Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden said marijuana was “a dangerous drug, and the illegal distribution and sale of marijuana is a serious crime,”

You want to know how fucking stupid the stoners are in CA? There are TWO IDENTICAL ballot measures to legalize pot and they are named "Legalize, Regulate, and Tax Marijuana" and "Legalize Marijuana and Allow It to Be Regulated and Taxed".

They are the EXACT SAME FUCKING THING. You'd think they'd, you know, talk to each other before putting two identical measures on the ballot to confuse people.

They aren't identical. For starters, one would allow state taxation and the other (most likely to end up on the ballot) would only allow taxation by cities and counties.

[Mandark]

How unsurprising is it that Manabyte's a bitter, uninformed conservative?  *spreads hands apart*  About this much, I'd say.

[Saint Cornelius]

You'd think they'd, you know, talk to each other before putting two identical measures on the ballot to confuse people.

That's just, like, your opinion, man

[FlameOfCallandor]

I'm surprised that anything with the word tax in it even has to be voted on in california.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Annihilated.

ManaByte needs to stick to what he knows: shitty sci-fi nobody cares about, attempting suicide, pretending to be an insider in the film industry, and Disney

[Mandark]

I'm surprised that anything with the word tax in it even has to be voted on in california.

You really have no clue, do you?

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HINT: PROP 13

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[Diunx]

Annihilated.

ManaByte needs to stick to what he knows: shitty sci-fi nobody cares about, attempting suicide, pretending to be an insider in the film industry, and Disney

He is still alive so he is indeed very good at attempting things.

[lordmaji]

 

Hopefully we can eventually get there. We'll have our beer and our weed and life will be good.

[Barry Egan]

shut the fuck up, manabyte