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On 12/12/2012 3:49 PM, Kenneth wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:21:48 -0500, Kenneth wrote:
>>
>>> BTW, the new California law that was just passed--legalizing or
>>> de-criminalizing the possession of marijuana--goes flatly against a
>>> seemingly-overarching Federal law.
>>
>> Was there a law in CA passed about this? I only heard of the ones in CO
>> and WA....
>>
>
> Yep, it just happened last week, I believe. The interesting thing about
> California's version (don't know about the CO and MA versions) is that CA plans
> to do this with all the legal 'niceties'--taxing it like cigarettes, etc. In
> other words, putting a well-thought-out 'system' in place for its regulated
> sale. It will be interesting to find out if these various state laws actually
> push the Federal government to change or modify it's current (and, IMO,
> draconian) laws regarding marijuana. (Or, conversely, to come down on these new
> laws with two big feet!) Right now in the US, there are just too many
> 'zero-tolerance' State and Federal laws on the books, about many things. (And,
> alas, supported by many people.) The US needs to lighten up a bit! ;-)
>
>
Actually, every state could pass such a law, and technically, the fed
could still ignore it, because of how it is "classified" in the drug
list. The only way to change that would be to, in effect, pass a federal
referendum, or something like that (I am not quite sure how it works),
which would "reclassify" it as a less dangerous drug.
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