Police and Judges Call for California to Legally Opt Out of War on Marijuana

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In response to the Obama administration's recent escalation of federal raids against California's medical marijuana dispensaries, a group of retired police officers and judges will hold a press conference this Tuesday to tout a new statewide ballot initiative to regulate marijuana like wine. The law enforcers say that by passing the new voter initiative, California voters will have a strong argument that they can opt out of the Controlled Substances Act.

WHO: Retired LAPD deputy chief of police Stephen Downing, retired superior court judge Jim Gray and retired Redondo Beach PD lieutenant commander Diane Goldstein

WHAT: Press conference on voter initiative telling the feds to back off its marijuana threats

WHEN: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 10:00 AM PT

WHERE: Plaza of the Flags, which is behind the Santa Ana Courthouse, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701.

James Gray, a retired superior court judge from Orange County, says, "For the federal government to interfere with state and local implementation of California's medical marijuana law is tantamount to a government bailout for criminal gangs and violent drug cartels. For some reason the federal government wants to force legal medical marijuana patients toward a dangerous criminal market and away from an above-ground industry that pays over $100 million per year in state taxes and provides jobs for thousands of our citizens. California voters can tell the feds to back off and let Californians implement our own laws by voting to regulate marijuana like wine next November."

The initiative, the Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Act of 2012, which is endorsed by the Libertarian Party and medical marijuana business training professionals, 420 College, would repeal failed marijuana laws for adults aged 21 and older, strictly regulate the sale of marijuana similar to the wine industry and authorize a vibrant new economy of eco-friendly hemp agriculture and products. The initiative would not change laws regarding medical marijuana, impairment in the workplace, driving while impaired or use by persons under 21 years old.

Despite the escalation in federal threats, initiative proponents are pointing to recent legal cases as well as comments by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as an indication that the federal courts are increasingly open to seeing states take more control in setting their own drug policies. Justice Scalia recently told a U.S. Senate committee that, "it was a great mistake to put routine drug offenses into the federal courts."

Retired LAPD deputy chief of police Stephen Downing says, "Now more than ever, it is important for Californians to stand up and tell the federal government that enough is enough when it comes to their interference with our marijuana policies. Next November, California voters have the opportunity to hurt the cartels in their pockets in a way that no level of prohibition enforcement and dedicated skill on the part of my police colleagues ever can."

More information about the initiative is online at regulatemarijuanalikewine.com/opt-out-of-war-on-drugs/



For the original version on PRWeb visit: www.prweb.com/releases/prwebregulate-marijuana-wine/press-conf-oct-17-socal/prweb8882490.htm
 
lol then these guys wake up... The day the war on drugs is over is the day the world is destroyed or erupts into chaos...even for marijuana.... thats the sad truth and we all know it.


But still, yes, at least people are TRYING to erase sadistic and evil laws (aka Controlled Substance Act) ruining peoples lives for getting caught with any drug is just as evil as kidnapping someone and putting them in a cage and then branding their foreheads with a hot poker that condemns them in society. You people in the police and government must all be sadistic sociopaths to get joy out of ruining innocent peoples lives...anyone that is for the war on drugs is evil in my book. and that's the W0RD
 
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^ Defeatist attitudes are self-fulfilling. If people resign themselves to thinking that nothing will ever change, NOTHING EVER WILL!
 
this is awesome, hopefully other states will follow suit and give the federal government a middle finger. With LEO's and judges involved, I think it will hold even more ground as far as with the opposition goes.

The federal government needs to understand that less and less people believe them about marijuana. Most people understand that it is a harmless plant, not a dangerous, addictive drug.

I just think it is so hypocritical when we have 1 in 3 states that have decided that they find MMJ appropriate, for the feds to stick by the whole "pot is dangerous" propaganda.
 
" California voters have the opportunity to hurt the cartels in their pockets in a way that no level of prohibition enforcement and dedicated skill on the part of my police colleagues ever can."

For Truth :)
 
So is this a straight up legalization or are there hidden rules attached that would make things worse like was voted on last year?
 
Tenchi said:
^ Defeatist attitudes are self-fulfilling. If people resign themselves to thinking that nothing will ever change, NOTHING EVER WILL!
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Agreed!! I live in IL and my state is right behind Cali in terms of a deficit. Largely due to the WoD. 3 counties have all decriminalized marijuana already. If a state or two set the example, IL will follow. That's a billion a year. Big number for any state, let alone the state with the #2 deficit
 
Not much is gonna change in humboldt. Shit is pretty much legal here. But there will be lots of people in cartels around here not making as much money and then there will be violence.
 
only for a little while, if at all. What are the cartel fucks gonna do when their bullets run out? probably not buy more since theyre not making money. I dont honestly see the cartels going anywhere. I see them using the same routes they have built to smuggle other drugs. Further proof why the WOD will never win anything except another term in office.
 
It doesn't matter if California legalizes it for medical purposes or for adult recreational purposes. This will NOT change the federal government's position that their federal laws "trump" your state laws. The only REAL solution is for Congress to abolish or modify the Controlled Substances Act. That's it.
 
AfterGlow said:
It doesn't matter if California legalizes it for medical purposes or for adult recreational purposes. This will NOT change the federal government's position that their federal laws "trump" your state laws. The only REAL solution is for Congress to abolish or modify the Controlled Substances Act. That's it.
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And we know that collectively sitting on our hands ain't gonna achieve that.
 
You're right, it will not. I recommend writing to your senators and congressmen or organizing demonstrations that get their attention or online petition drives. But passing more state laws won't help given the way the feds have responded to them so far.
 
that is true. What happens when more than 50% of the states have marijuana legalized in some way or another? Will the feds come around? or will it simply take some "brute" political force to get them to change their stance? We already know that they will not admit to being wrong, so how will they spin the war on drugs when everybody knows its bullshit?
 
It has been a long, difficult struggle against their propaganda to show everyone that the WoD is bullshit.
Half the people still don't know.
Therefore, if states begin to legalize drugs, it may serve as a wake-up call to those who still don't know, and the tides may turn.
I see it as a beneficial step on the path.
 
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