10 reasons to vote NO on prop #19

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I'm not familiar with legislative procedures in California, but if Prop 19 passes, does that mean it's all over and done with? No chance to change or repeal the prop? No way to improve it in the future?

It's not perfect, but it's a damn good start. Getting a bill passed that all smokers/growers can agree on is impossible because most of the voters don't smoke or grow! These people live totally different lives and don't want to be inconvenienced for our freedom. Some kind of structure and restrictions are needed for it to even have a chance.

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Myth #17: We can vote in the initiative and fix the tangles as they come up.

Fact: Initiatives create permanent statutes. Once an initiative is voted into law, it cannot be reversed. It remains law forever. It is worth noting that this initiative makes some unusual provisions with regard to amendments. For starters, it allows the legislature (traditionally hostile toward marijuana legislation) to amend the initiative without voter approval. Furthermore, it allows amendments, but â??only to further the purposes of the Act.â?�[30] Under a monopolized, corporate-controlled distribution process, the â??purposesâ?� might become more narrowly defined.

Many of the issues that pro-legalization supporters have with the initiative could be easily rectifiable with a few sentences and an amendment-submission to the Attorney Generalâ??s office. It would have required very little on the part of the initiative authors to remove the vagueness from the wording that bans smoking cannabis in any â??spaceâ?� where minors are â??present,â?� for example, or to add an exemption for medical marijuana patients and parents consuming in the presence of their own children. It would have required very little to write into the initiative a line that would exempt medical marijuana patients from the public smoking ban and protect their right to grow medicine in amounts sufficient for their individual needs. After all, these are items which should not be considered luxuries under legalized marijuana; they should be rights. And we should settle for nothing less.

Unfortunately, the deadline to make changes to the initiative before the November elections has already passed, and to achieve these changes via subsequent voter referendums would be a complicated and drawn-out process that could take years. Making the initiative acceptable before voting it into law is therefore essential.

VapedG13 Reviewed by VapedG13 on 08-09-2010. 10 reasons to vote NO on prop #19 Ten Reasons to Vote No 1. Proposition 19 isnâ??t really legalization. It only allows possession of up to one ounce of cannabis. Under current California law, an ounce or less of pot isnâ??t an arrestable offense. And soon this amount will be a simple civil infraction. Prop 19 doesnâ??t make any improvements to decriminalization or prop 215. 2. Prop 19 creates several new cannabis related crimes with extremely severe penalties. Donâ??t pass a joint to a 17 year old, you will be looking at a Rating: 5