TaxCannabis2010.org:
December 14, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO -- A group campaigning to put a marijuana legalization measure before California voters says it has enough signatures to qualify for the 2010 ballot.
Oakland medical marijuana entrepreneur Richard Lee said Monday the measure has far more than the nearly 434,000 signatures needed to make the November 2010 ballot.
Campaign organizers say they will submit the signatures to the California Secretary of State next month for validation.
The proposal would legalize possession of up to one ounce of marijuana for California adults 21 and older. Residents could cultivate marijuana gardens up to 25 square feet. Local governments would determine whether to permit marijuana sales within their boundaries.
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Although I think the limitations of this initiative are too restrictive and will leave Californians in San Diego and Orange County at the mercy of elected officials, I believe that it is a step in the right direction. I view the bill not as a perfect legalization bill but as rather laying the groundwork from which to build a more perfect legalization regime.
There is another initiative currently in circulation called the CA Cannabis Initiative. Its language is much stronger and much clearer. It mandates that all tax revenue be used to fund healthcare and education. It expunges from one's criminal records any cannabis related offense. It also does not have base restrictions for possession and cultivation. Furthermore, no local government can ban the sale of cannabis.
The Tax and Regulate initiative does none of those things, which means that it is a far weaker initiative but has more public appeal.
Also, in other cannabis related news, Congress has finally allowed Washington DC to implement Initiative 59, a medical marijuana initiative that passed by a wide margin in 1998.
I am optimistic that, in my life-time, the American public will finally reject the government's insane policies against the cannabis plant. But reject the larger War on Drugs? Maybe.
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