On: Colorado measure legalizing marijuana passes

[sturadnidge]

> All of the west coast is pro legalization.

Then how did Prop 19 fail? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/inthepeninsula/detail?en...

[Alex3917 → sturadnidge]

It was a poorly written law. Support for legalization nationwide is currently about 55-59% in the abstract, but on any given law it's rarely higher than 50%. Prop 19 was an especially bad law for a variety of reasons, and even then it came very close to passing.

[okok → Alex3917]

What was wrong with it?

[Alex3917 → okok]

http://blog.norml.org/2010/11/08/10-lessons-learned-from-mar...

[erichocean → sturadnidge]

Medical dispensaries are opposed to legalization for recreational use because they currently have a state-enforced near-monopoly on Cannabis sales.

Unintended regulatory consequences in three, two, one...