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In reply to the discussion: Obama says marijuana ‘no more dangerous than alcohol’ [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Called "Hope and Change." Too bad so many of us who believed got played.
As far as your statement about "In the meantime" The Proposition 215 is very short, simple and clear. It does not give anyone but the individual power. And the power it offers is to grow medicinal pot for oneself if it is needed.
Unfortunately the lawyer who represented our interests in the Riverside case,** made a very weak argument. Some of us are working to see that such weakness won't occur again. It might come down to Natural Law, but one thing is definite: the weak arguments and the lawyer(s) who present them must be pushed aside, as they sure don't win CAlif. Supreme Court Cases for the people.
Referendum time is here, and those same city councils and BOS's are gonna be (if they aren't paying attention) blind sided. I am part of a County wide movement that has gotten the right to have a referendum on the June ballot to counter the probably illegal restrictions our county supervisors recently constructed.
** Case referred to is City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center, Inc. - See more at: http://blog.norml.org/2013/05/06/california-supreme-court-upholds-authority-of-cities-to-prohibit-medical-marijuana-facilities/#sthash.AhLb8LTU.dpuf