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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 781415" data-attributes="member: 2189">I still see 46.7% as a good positive. 10 years ago I&#039;m not sure you&#039;d get a 1/3rd of that vote on the same ballot initiative. Marijuana possession is becoming more and more unenforcable as even cops who find small amounts (obvious personal use) in traffic stops and no other offense is committed are taking the dope, giving verbal warnings and letting the people go. Several cops themselves have told me that they have done this and they know many others who do it too. Most cops say why should I go to court on my off day to testify on a small quantity marijuana possession when the fine will be about the same as a speeding ticket. Plus more and more studies <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2010/11/01/2010-11-01_alcohol_is_more_harmful_than_heroin_or_crack_study.html?r=news" target="_blank">like this one from Lancet</a> are destroying the myths of Reefer Madness and the public is getting it. &nbsp;Another myth buster has been Portugal who decriminalized all drugs in 2001&#039; and <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=portugal-drug-decriminalization" target="_blank">illicit street drug use, drug overdose rates and HIV cases have literally crashed </a>and this just destroys the typical mythology that legalizing drugs will lead to the end of life as we know it. It will lead to the end of a major component of the American police state so part of that thinking is true.&nbsp;More and more Americans are learning they&#039;ve been lied too and are responding in kind so if not California, somebody is gonna do it and then the clash between state autonomy and Federal power will begin.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 781415, member: 2189"] I still see 46.7% as a good positive. 10 years ago I'm not sure you'd get a 1/3rd of that vote on the same ballot initiative. Marijuana possession is becoming more and more unenforcable as even cops who find small amounts (obvious personal use) in traffic stops and no other offense is committed are taking the dope, giving verbal warnings and letting the people go. Several cops themselves have told me that they have done this and they know many others who do it too. Most cops say why should I go to court on my off day to testify on a small quantity marijuana possession when the fine will be about the same as a speeding ticket. Plus more and more studies [URL="http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2010/11/01/2010-11-01_alcohol_is_more_harmful_than_heroin_or_crack_study.html?r=news"][COLOR=red]like this one from Lancet[/COLOR][/URL] are destroying the myths of Reefer Madness and the public is getting it. Another myth buster has been Portugal who decriminalized all drugs in 2001' and [URL="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=portugal-drug-decriminalization"][COLOR=red]illicit street drug use, drug overdose rates and HIV cases have literally crashed [/COLOR][/URL]and this just destroys the typical mythology that legalizing drugs will lead to the end of life as we know it. It will lead to the end of a major component of the American police state so part of that thinking is true. More and more Americans are learning they've been lied too and are responding in kind so if not California, somebody is gonna do it and then the clash between state autonomy and Federal power will begin. [/QUOTE]

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