Quote Originally Posted by ZeroWingX
I'd rather leave it to the people. We can control the prices all you have to do is start growing your own if your a medical patient.

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Just my 2 cents. Its pretty much legal as it is all that's required is you get a card. If you don't want to be in the data base legally, then hey that's your problem.
I understand where you're coming from, but not all of us can choose to live wherever we want. I, for example, live in a state without even legal medical access to cannabis. People around the world cared about the progress that would have been made by the passage of prop 19 in California. Not all of us can just choose to get ourselves a card and start growing. People can still go to jail for possession of less than an ounce where I live...

Also, the "tax" prop 19 allowed for was simply a sales tax. You could still grow and share without paying anything. In most states, you'll pay a sales tax of just about anything: beer, milk, etc. Having a heavier sales tax on pot seems like a non-issue when compared with people's basic freedoms.

This is the country that was founded on the principals of people like Thomas Paine who said "Give me liberty or give me death". Liberty has no meaning nowadays. We're a country of moralizers, and at best people of practical concern. In this case fueled by ignorance. So many people are willing to compromise their basic freedoms of self governance in the name of practical benefits. Truly sad.