California says no to Mary Jane
By L.Henry, 4th Nov 2010 | Follow this author
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Could California be the first state to legalize recreational use of marijuana? If so what would it mean for the rest of the world?
Will California open Mary Jane up for the rest of the nation?
California voters turned out and voted no to the legalization of recreational marijuana. 43% said yes but 57% said no. The referendum would have allowed Californians over the age of twenty one to legally own one ounce of marijuana and to be able to cultivate and grow cannabis in a twenty five foot square area.
Marijuana has been legal for medical use in CA since 1996 but it now looks doubtful that it will be legal for recreational use anytime soon. Only Multnomah County voted in favor of this bold measure. It was reported that even people from other countries were interested in the outcome of this referendum. It was feared by many that if passed in California many more doors would soon be opening.
Marijuana does have many medical uses such as treatment for glaucoma, AIDS, symptoms of cancer, pain, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and several others. There are currently 14 states here in the U.S. that allow the use of medical marijuana and eight more with legislation still pending.
While doctors across the board do not agree on medical marijuana being a good thing, many believe that it is. Many of those that are against it are so because they want more tests to be done with it. As a pain reliever alone it is far less expensive than most everything else on the market today.
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4th Nov 2010 (#)
I am all for medical pot.
I mean for those that live in chronic pain and pople that are going through cancer, have benefitted extemely by pot.
The problem is, like most things, it will be abused and those that will suffer are the ones that truely need it to live a more productive life.
Thank you for sharing.:)
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4th Nov 2010 (#)
I have absolutely no issues with pot, frankly if it were legal, much of my hard earned tax dollars could go to projects that would actually benefit my community. Rather than to pay for the incarceration of pot heads. People term it a gateway drug, I would suggest that the mind is a gateway drug. The discovery of the cause of addictive behavior, being far more important than impotent efforts to regulate consumption. From personal experience I recall never feeling the need to fight, or engage in activities, sexual or otherwise, that I did not have control over when I smoked pot. Which was not the case with alcohol, that is currently legal. If given the choice between the two, I’d have to go with pot, although I do not think my body could handle the demand of “The Munchies” anymore. Thank you for an interesting and thought provoking article.
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4th Nov 2010 (#)
and thank you guys for taking the time to read and comment.
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4th Nov 2010 (#)
Now that I think about it, the first paper I ever wrote, that wasn’t just a regurgitation of facts, taken directly out of a text book was on Marijuana. It was for my eighth grade Health class, and I got an A.
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