Once again providing the leading edge in the marijuana issue...Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California - NYTimes.comIn addition to the California politicians weighing the issue, three ballot initiatives aimed at legalization are quickly gaining the signatures needed to put them before the citizenry in 2010.
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.
The federal government maintains its position of prohibition of marijuana for recreational use. They also maintained the prohibition of marijuana in all of its forms, raiding California clinics and arresting medical marijuana users, up until this year.
Given the previous time line, if California decides to legalize, they only have to put up with federal intervention for about 13 years. Or until an anti-prohibition President is elected. Or until they say to hell with those bastards on the other side of the continent and break away to create the first incarnation of my proposed secessionist government, Nuevo Sodom.
Note: I've recently been wondering... if a person has a marijuana prescription, can they go to the dispensary and ask for the less expensive generic version of OG Kush?
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