Montana Standard, 20 Jun 2013 – The opinions expressed by Pat Prendergast ("Pot more dangerous than you know,"June 16) are his own – literally. According to a nationwide poll telephone poll commissioned this month by Fox News, 85 percent of Americans say that marijuana should be legal if its use is permitted by a physician. The total is the highest level of public support for the issue ever reported in a scientific poll.
posted on January 24, 2013 by
US CA: PUB LTE: Rethinking Dispensaries
The Times-Herald, 20 Jan 2013 – So let me get this straight. Vallejo City Manager Dan Keen maintains, "I don’t think anything’s changed," in regards to the question of whether cannabis dispensaries are legally permitted by state law ("Charges dropped against second Vallejo marijuana dispensary", Jan. 12). Really?
posted on October 24, 2010 by
US CA: PUB LTE: Why You Should Say ‘Yes’ To Proposition 19
The Times-Herald, 24 Oct 2010 – Seventy-eight years ago this November, Californians overwhelmingly voted to repeal a morally, socially, and economically failed public policy — alcohol prohibition. Voters did not wait for the federal government to act; they took matters into their own hands. On Nov. 2, California voters have an opportunity to repeat history and repeal an equally bankrupt public policy — marijuana prohibition.
posted on October 4, 2010 by
US CA: OPED: Addiction Argument Is Just Fear-Mongering Over Pot Initiative
Sacramento Bee, 03 Oct 2010 – Columnist Marcos Breton proposes that a significant portion of the 3.3 million Californians who use marijuana are addicted to pot ("Pot people are in denial about Prop. 19"; Our Region, Sept. 29). He bases this supposition on the following premise: "Answer this question: If you had to stop smoking marijuana forever, could you? My guess is that many couldn’t quit if they tried." To which I’d reply, "So what?"
