California's Prop. 5 could change the course of America's drug war

Yeah, Amen baby.

God is still relevant even in our little counterculture.

At least California has evolved enough to have legislation on the table. With Obama, we will have a more human-rights oriented political climate, and for the first time, I think legalization is a real possibility.

Thanks for all the positive responses to my Obama/Coldplay Mary Jane video at www.myspace.com/BeccaRayDylan.

I posted at the Daily Show with John Stewart, and those guys are eating me alive. Maybe you guys can help me out over there.

"Just give me the ability to grow my own sweet and safe Mary Jane without worrying about going to jail or losing my job and I'll be happy as a clam!"

Many many people feel the exact same way.

The war on drugs, imho, has always been a misguided notion. The thought of a person languishing in a cell for marijuana is heinous. The price of cocaine has inexplicably plummeted since the implementation of this misguided reagan/u.s. policy. Reagan's own Secretary of State called it a failed policy and was the first major figure in the GOP to call for the legalization of recreational drugs - brave man was he. If the taboo of a thing is removed then so is much of the attraction, generally. At the very least, pot should be legally available to those deemed adults

Just look at the drug useage over in europe where their system is about decriminalizing drugs, it's way less then here in America. I hope this will pass in California so that people will see that it works, all the while saves the taxpayer. Also found it interesting in the articale that they attribute 1 death per week do to inadiquite and neglagent healthcare. It just seems like we got it all wrong when we are spending more on the war on marijuana (alone) than the world spend on Aids research. Please people get out and vote, let them know what the people think!

Just give me the ability to grow my own sweet and safe Mary Jane without worrying about going to jail or losing my job and I'll be happy as a clam!

If we could just legalize weed we would avoid many people coming into contact with people who sell harder drugs. They falsely claim marijuana as a gateway drug, but it's no more of a gateway than alcohol and tobacco and it's actually safer to use. The problem is that it's illegal and when you go about finding and buying it you end up making contacts with people who also have access other drugs. Believe me, it's not hard to stay away from hard drugs if you don't know where to get them!

Also, legalizing cannabis would take away a huge source of income for drug cartels and gangs and put the profits towards our communities and state's budgets instead... not to mention that hemp is also a hugely lucrative resource that has been wrongly banned...

I was in social work for over 20 years, and I have seen that the "war on drugs" has done far more harm than the drugs themselves. If we legalized drugs and made rehab available to all we would spend MUCH less money and destroy fewer lives.The draconian sentencing laws are destroying this country. Unless you are a senator's wife or a governor's daughter, or a conservative talk show host, then laws don't apply to you.

We should have an innate human right to choose to partake of the fruits of our earth without fear of arrest or imprisonment.

The marijuana laws do much more damage to people's lives than the marijuana itself.

Check out my new Obama/Coldplay video which promotes marijuana and human rights, and also reminds us that God is alive and well, even among the counterculture.

www.myspace.com/BeccaRayDylan

Did anybody see the Simpsons episode when Homer becomes the spokesperson for legalizing weed?

I believe that drugs should be legalized. In fact I am fairly liberal in that I believe that all drugs should be legalized wiht a 25 being the age of consent (this includes alcohol and cigarettes).

The argument that 18 should be the age because you are an adult then is poppycock. To many young people get addicted to drugs. At the end of the day, this all boils down to parenting, and the lack of communication and honesty between parents and child. I have noticed though that as children get older, the conversations become more helpful and the honesty becomes more real. By legalizing and regulating the drugs, using the profits to fund a realistic campaign that focuses on the side effects of the drugs as well as free medical help for the abusers and addicted, I think we could make a fairly good dent in the drug world.

We are not going to stop illegal drugs from coming in the country. They cannot even stop illegal drugs from getting into jails and prisons!

We need to get smart, generate revenue, provide health care, eliminate border raids and trafficking, and move on to the next issue.

the undeniable facts

The Gateway drug is the human Orgasm. Once a person realizes that there is a way to feel pleasently different, they search for something that lasts longer. Cigs and Booze are the easiest and quickest way.

Most pot users that I know have quit booze and cigs and just smoke pot. No further. Though most have tried other drugs and unfortunately the stigma has kept them from treatment for the addiction that may occur from the harder stuff.

It should all be legalized to take the crime and money out of it,and clinics should be the distribution outlet so that treatment is easily and readily at hand when the craving is at it's peak.

btw, nancy reagan's head is BIG!!

proposition 5, once step closer to freedom.

People crack me up saying that weed is the "gateway" drug to other drugs. Beg to differ. Alcohol is the real culprit. Ask a cop who is easier to arrest. A drunk or someone who has smoked a doobie.

only vaporized marijuana. anything else will harm you even alcohol.

I'll take Mine Over-Easy with link sausages and a Short-Stack smothered in butter and jam!!!