From the San Jose "Mercury News": Proposition 19 fails on that front. Instead of statewide rules, regulation is left to individual cities and counties. That's right. Every one of California's 478 cities and 58 counties would be allowed, but not required, to establish its own laws on how marijuana can be grown, sold, taxed and used. On some issues, local control makes sense, but this isn't one of them.
A single statewide set of rules (like we have for alcohol,) and a clear tax proposal would go a long way.
This explains why the California Cannabis Association ( a group that defends the medical dispensaries ) is against it -- but you may want to consider their possibly perverse profit motive, as well.
One complicating factor is that there isn't a simple equivalent to the Blood Alcohol Content standard for inebriation -- this would help for things like driving and intoxication at work.
Do we actually have a single statewide set of rules for alcohol? I thought SF was trying to pass an initiative that raise alcohol distribution taxes within the city.
This article from the sacramento bee goes into more detail: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/19/3038161/endorsements-2010-p...
A single statewide set of rules (like we have for alcohol,) and a clear tax proposal would go a long way.
This explains why the California Cannabis Association ( a group that defends the medical dispensaries ) is against it -- but you may want to consider their possibly perverse profit motive, as well.
One complicating factor is that there isn't a simple equivalent to the Blood Alcohol Content standard for inebriation -- this would help for things like driving and intoxication at work.