Quote Originally Posted by grow4fun
The reason for the decline in support is that people are starting to figure out how Prop 19 may work against their own best interests. Marijuana has already just been decriminalized in California (no charges, court or record). You can wag your bag in front of a cop now, and there's not jack they can do about it. Except maybe write you a ticket.

So now Prop 19 is just about economics. A lot of people feel that economically they'd have more options without it. Or aren't ready to permanently close off those options just yet.

A good website that explains all this stuff is Marijuana Users Against Proposition 19. It's made by stoners, not the religious-right.

People are also realizing that an initiative is FOREVER. So it's not just like "well, i'll vote for this flawed one now, 'as a first step' until something better comes along". An initiative can never be changed --- ever. Except by another initiative; until someone raises huge money & a campaign for a new initiative.

That's why Dennis Peron, who wrote Proposition 215, is telling people not to vote for it. He's probably the most experienced person out there on initiatives, and cannabis -- and he hates it. Makes ya wonder....

Also voting for Prop 19 would block the way for good initiatives that are brewing right now. That accomplish the desired goals:

1) making marijuana legal, while at the same time

2) keeping hundreds of thousands of Californians fully or partially self-employed, and

3) keeping the money in the state (we're talking about $15 Billion dollars annually pumped into our state).

4) keeping big corporations out of an industry that should remain people-based.

As soon as an initiative is out that does those 4 things, SIGN IT, then VOTE FOR IT.

just my 2c
Thats one of the better/more realistic views :thumbsup:


Decriminalization = Power to the people, use, grow, sell, trade, barter, in a free, unrestricted and no tax market



Legalization = Govt. and big business control, the public no longer has a voice in price, use, and dominion.......this is what 19 will accomplish