[Ol' Sparky]

If deficits, taxes, regulations and the resulting lousy economic conditions aren’t enough drive decent people from California, increasing the number of losers high on pot and other drugs will.

[BookaT]

How can the Feds stop them? Let me guess, some twisted reading of the “interstate commerce clause.”

There is a bright side to what is going on now. In the next few years we will have the most educated populous ever in regards to our rights, our real rights as given to us by God, not the right to this and that and cable and cell phones.

Whether everyone used this knowledge for good is to be seen but I think it will work out for the better in the end as we will be able to point out the truth the people and point out the lying liars and the lies they are telling.

[pepsionice]

Think about this....you pass this and the month that it’s approved...you turn the cops loose with on-the-spot ‘high’ tests for drivers. German cops do this and on a Friday night after 10PM, they typically can get forty tickets easily. Maybe this is a great way to make more income via traffic tickets. If you think about it...they will allow you to smoke the stuff....but if you are driving under the influence....you will be heavily fined. Folks don’t grasp this part of the deal.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

increasing the number of losers high on pot and other drugs will.

Legalizing marijuana will not increase it's use. It's already ridiculously easy to get - easier than beer, since no one is carding kids who buy weed.

[Ken H]

The latest Rasmussen survey (Nov. 2009) has the legalization measure ahead in CA, with 49% in favor and 38% opposed. Surveys done in May, July, and November 2009 show that support has risen from 45% to 47% to 49%, while opposition has declined from 46% to 42% to 38%. That's a 12 point shift in 6 months.

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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_state_surveys/california/toplines/toplines_california_budget_crisis_may_12_2009

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_state_surveys/california/49_in_california_favor_legalizing_taxing_pot

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Suppose CA votes to legalize. Do you support the State's prerogative under the Tenth Amendment to do so without fedgov interference? Or, should fedgov shut it down under authority of the Commerce Clause?

[ChrisInAR]

Read post #39, please.