I know that progress needs to start somewhere, and I think it's great that some states are moving forward.
I can't help but think that these steps are setting people up for disaster, by giving citizens in states with MMJ laws, a false sense of security. Not really talking about us that are educated and realize that it is still against federal law, I am thinking about most of the other people that are just running with it until the DEA knocks down their door, and they are crying in a cell saying, "but mmj is legal in my state". And before anyone tries to pipe up and say "the feds don't target legit MMJ growers and patients," I say to you, you live in a fantasy world. There is NO LEGIT MMJ ANYTHING, in the eyes of the fed, hence it's current classification on the sched of narcotics. There are also PLENTY PLENTY, of moral, just, and LEGIT, people that ARE DOING REAL TIME. It's just a matter of time until the DEA starts in on some of these other states the way they have here in Cali. This is all happening in reverse, until cannabis is at least moved to a sched 2, I don't see the point. Just my 2 cents.
Not to mention, creating laws that discriminate as to whom can use/consume cannabis is truly unjust and only adds to the problem. Think about it, would MMJ user's be better off if it were just decriminalized completely as opposed to the way it is now? I know this, costs would be lower. I also know more MMJ users that now say fuck it, and just buy it from the streets, just as good and cheaper, at least here in SoCal, I know not everyone has that advantage everywhere but still I think you get the point. So I apologize for being a douche, I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, I just think that sometimes we get so caught up in the moment, we loose track of the bigger picture. After all, if you could anyone over 21 could buy cannabis in a liquor store, then people that use it for MMJ would still be able to do that, at a lower cost, and the competition would spur on growers to develop much better and higher quality. Oh and we wouldn't have to walk around acting like we have some special entitlement or right to use cannabis that others don't have due to a medical condition, which is complete and utter bullshit.
Cannabis is for everyone, even perfectly happy healthy people!
The MMJ laws as they currently are, are a prime example of liberal fuck upism at it's best.:jointsmile:

****Disclaimer*****
I whole heartly support medical use of cannabis, I DO NOT support discriminating against whom can use it and do not support any legislation that does discriminate against whom can use cannabis. That is at it's face, un American and we as Americans/Cannabis Users/MMJ Patients/ should stand up, speak out, and be courageous enough to express the problems that MMJ Laws pose, and not support them even though in the short term they SEEM to be good positive steps, in the bigger picture they are steps backwards.

Have a nice day.