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I signed a petition for a ballot initiative for legal weed yesterday. Fingers are crossed that it makes it on the ballot.

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So the reason the government won't legalize it is because all those agencies want the extra funding, okay. But if the tax revenue in California alone would exceed $1 billion, wouldn't the federal government have more money to go around? I guess you could say they wouldn't be able to justify the extra funding anymore, but it's not like wasting money on inefficient government agencies is as nearly damaging to society as the war on drugs, which lands probably millions of non-violent "criminals" in prison.

I've never smoked pot and never will, but I would like to see it decriminalized/legalized. Like the good judge said, there are some real (and really good) benefits. And who knows, maybe there would even be a drop in gang/drug cartel violence and maybe we could better afford health care initiatives and the like.

Thanks for the quality award, Jigga!

If weed becomes decriminalized, then the weed that comes from Mexico (a lot of which finances the cartels down there) won't be worth as much to the US market, as domestically grown weed will essentially flood the markets. Yet another excuse to buy local. The cartels would have a hard time making solid profits.


>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
I signed a petition for a ballot initiative for legal weed yesterday. Fingers are crossed that it makes it on the ballot.


Let's hope that's what you actually signed on to. A few years ago, a false petition was being circulated by hard-line right-wingers. Those who signed the fake petition had their voter registrations changed without their consent. (And the right bitches about ACORN...) Of course, I don't think someone would be stupid enough to try that again (not that there were any repercussions for those who committed that act of voter registration fraud).